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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, female by country

Average years of secondary schooling, 45-49, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 45-49.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.3
Germany
Lowest
0.05
Yemen
Median
2.66
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.3 in Germany; the lowest is 0.05 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.66, and the mean is 2.74.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 166.

Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 900.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 59.3%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.3 2010 up 25.8% volatile
2 Tajikistan 7.45 2010 up 10.4% volatile
3 Kazakhstan 6.96 2010 up 4.3% volatile
4 Kyrgyzstan 6.82 2010 up 22.4% volatile
5 Republic of Moldova 6.73 2010 up 13.1% volatile
6 Switzerland 6.19 2010 up 55.9% rising
7 Israel 5.84 2010 up 13.0% rising
8 Estonia 5.81 2010 up 5.6% volatile
9 United States 5.78 2010 up 0.5% rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.61 2010 up 72.1% rising
11 Finland 5.57 2010 up 47.7% volatile
12 Japan 5.53 2010 up 21.5% volatile
13 France 5.52 2010 up 22.7% volatile
14 Sweden 5.51 2010 up 2.6% rising
15 Canada 5.5 2010 up 20.1% rising
16 Italy 5.28 2010 up 41.9% volatile
17 Denmark 5.25 2010 up 6.9% volatile
18 Republic of Korea 5.23 2010 up 43.3% volatile
19 Austria 5.14 2010 up 18.2% volatile
20 Mongolia 5.06 2010 up 37.9% volatile
21 Norway 5.05 2010 up 14.8% volatile
22 Australia 5.04 2010 down 1.6% rising
23 Cuba 4.93 2010 up 28.1% volatile
24 Hong Kong 4.82 2010 up 65.1% volatile
24 Netherlands 4.82 2010 up 14.2% rising
26 Cyprus 4.69 2010 up 29.9% volatile
27 Malta 4.61 2010 up 47.8% volatile
28 Belgium 4.57 2010 up 10.9% rising
28 Tonga 4.57 2010 up 38.1% rising
30 Singapore 4.54 2010 up 33.9% volatile
31 Spain 4.5 2010 up 31.2% volatile
32 Iceland 4.39 2010 up 8.7% volatile
33 Luxembourg 4.31 2010 up 19.1% rising
34 Brunei Darussalam 4.28 2010 up 39.4% volatile
35 Ireland 4.09 2010 up 21.0% rising
36 Jamaica 4.06 2010 up 36.2% volatile
37 United Arab Emirates 3.96 2010 up 36.1% volatile
37 Chile 3.96 2010 up 20.0% rising
39 Greece 3.9 2010 up 28.3% rising
40 Slovakia 3.79 2010 up 40.4% volatile
41 Czechia 3.78 2010 up 7.7% volatile
42 Belize 3.71 2010 up 75.0% volatile
43 Kuwait 3.61 2010 up 7.1% volatile
44 Gabon 3.59 2010 up 28.7% volatile
45 Slovenia 3.57 2010 up 10.2% volatile
46 Barbados 3.55 2010 up 7.3% rising
47 Guyana 3.51 2010 up 1.4% volatile
47 Hungary 3.51 2010 up 12.1% volatile
49 New Zealand 3.43 2010 up 13.2% rising
50 Poland 3.42 2010 up 4.9% volatile
51 Mauritius 3.41 2010 up 194.0% volatile
52 Croatia 3.4 2010 up 48.5% volatile
52 Panama 3.4 2010 up 29.3% volatile
54 Serbia 3.38 2010 up 82.7% volatile
55 Qatar 3.37 2010 up 34.8% volatile
56 Romania 3.36 2010 up 17.9% volatile
57 Malaysia 3.32 2010 up 86.5% volatile
58 Trinidad and Tobago 3.15 2010 up 70.3% volatile
59 Brazil 3 2010 up 24.0% volatile
60 Colombia 2.96 2010 up 35.8% volatile
60 Lithuania 2.96 2010 down 53.0% volatile
62 Russian Federation 2.92 2010 down 53.6% volatile
63 Ukraine 2.9 2010 down 52.8% volatile
64 Armenia 2.87 2010 down 53.0% rising
65 Albania 2.83 2010 up 3.3% volatile
66 Dominican Republic 2.82 2010 up 97.2% volatile
67 Jordan 2.79 2010 up 96.5% volatile
68 Viet Nam 2.73 2010 up 181.4% volatile
69 Congo 2.71 2010 up 78.3% volatile
70 South Africa 2.7 2010 up 76.5% rising
71 Argentina 2.66 2010 up 26.1% volatile
71 Bulgaria 2.66 2010 up 31.7% volatile
73 Portugal 2.65 2010 up 28.0% volatile
73 Uruguay 2.65 2010 up 7.3% rising
75 Iran 2.59 2010 up 77.4% volatile
76 Botswana 2.56 2010 up 57.1% volatile
77 Ghana 2.52 2010 down 9.0% volatile
78 Latvia 2.49 2010 down 55.0% volatile
79 Macao 2.45 2010 up 88.5% volatile
79 Peru 2.45 2010 up 7.0% volatile
81 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.44 2010 up 79.4% volatile
82 Mexico 2.33 2010 up 72.6% volatile
83 Fiji 2.2 2010 up 11.1% volatile
84 Saudi Arabia 2.19 2010 up 79.5% volatile
85 Bahrain 2.14 2010 down 5.7% volatile
86 Costa Rica 2.11 2010 up 15.3% volatile
86 Ecuador 2.11 2010 up 27.1% volatile
88 Philippines 2.05 2010 up 25.0% rising
89 Sri Lanka 1.97 2010 down 18.9% volatile
90 Nicaragua 1.87 2010 up 81.6% volatile
91 Egypt 1.64 2010 up 70.8% volatile
92 Libya 1.62 2010 up 22.7% volatile
93 China 1.6 2010 up 81.8% volatile
94 Paraguay 1.58 2010 up 47.7% volatile
95 Iraq 1.5 2010 up 134.4% volatile
96 Zimbabwe 1.46 2010 up 143.3% volatile
97 Algeria 1.42 2010 up 115.2% volatile
97 El Salvador 1.42 2010 up 54.3% volatile
99 Thailand 1.37 2010 up 251.3% volatile
100 Indonesia 1.29 2010 up 50.0% volatile
101 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.25 2010 down 25.1% rising
101 Syria 1.25 2010 up 171.7% volatile
103 Myanmar 1.21 2010 up 33.0% volatile
103 Namibia 1.21 2010 up 70.4% rising
105 Honduras 1.2 2010 up 11.1% volatile
106 Tunisia 1.19 2010 up 26.6% volatile
107 Türkiye 1.13 2010 up 31.4% volatile
108 Cameroon 1.11 2010 up 58.6% volatile
109 Morocco 1.06 2010 up 65.6% volatile
110 Bangladesh 0.96 2010 up 12.9% volatile
111 India 0.91 2010 up 26.4% volatile
112 Haiti 0.88 2010 up 120.0% volatile
112 Kenya 0.88 2010 up 137.8% volatile
114 Guatemala 0.87 2010 up 31.8% volatile
115 Zambia 0.84 2010 up 33.3% volatile
116 Lesotho 0.77 2010 down 18.9% volatile
117 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.74 2010 up 270.0% volatile
117 Pakistan 0.74 2010 down 14.0% volatile
119 Liberia 0.72 2010 up 75.6% volatile
120 Togo 0.71 2010 up 36.5% volatile
121 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.69 2010 up 360.0% volatile
122 Uganda 0.66 2010 up 230.0% volatile
123 Papua New Guinea 0.62 2010 up 59.0% volatile
124 Benin 0.61 2010 up 90.6% volatile
125 Mali 0.6 2010 up 900.0% volatile
126 Côte d'Ivoire 0.56 2010 up 36.6% volatile
127 Eswatini 0.53 2010 down 40.4% volatile
128 Sudan 0.5 2010 up 100.0% volatile
129 Central African Republic 0.48 2010 up 200.0% volatile
130 Nepal 0.4 2010 up 100.0% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 0.4 2010 up 42.9% volatile
132 Gambia 0.39 2010 up 44.4% volatile
133 Senegal 0.33 2010 up 10.0% volatile
134 Afghanistan 0.3 2010 up 172.7% volatile
135 Cambodia 0.29 2010 down 9.4% volatile
135 Rwanda 0.29 2010 up 123.1% volatile
137 Mauritania 0.24 2010 up 242.9% volatile
138 Maldives 0.22 2010 down 59.3% falling
138 Malawi 0.22 2010 up 69.2% volatile
140 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.21 2010 up 75.0% volatile
141 Burundi 0.14 2010 up 55.6% volatile
142 Niger 0.11 2010 up 120.0% volatile
143 Mozambique 0.07 2010 up 40.0% volatile
144 Yemen 0.05 2010 — volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, female
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of secondary schooling, 45-49, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 45-49.