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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.39
Germany
Lowest
0.14
Mozambique
Median
2.79
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.39 in Germany; the lowest is 0.14 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.79, and the mean is 2.88.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 60.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 253.3%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 55.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.39 2010 up 19.0% volatile
2 Tajikistan 7.59 2010 up 6.2% volatile
3 Kazakhstan 6.96 2010 up 4.0% volatile
4 Kyrgyzstan 6.82 2010 up 20.9% volatile
5 Republic of Moldova 6.74 2010 up 12.1% volatile
6 Switzerland 6.31 2010 up 41.8% rising
7 Israel 5.84 2010 up 14.3% rising
8 Estonia 5.76 2010 up 8.5% volatile
9 United States of America 5.74 2010 unchanged rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.72 2010 up 70.7% rising
11 Austria 5.69 2010 up 11.1% rising
12 France 5.59 2010 up 18.4% volatile
13 Finland 5.47 2010 up 49.5% volatile
14 Canada 5.44 2010 up 18.0% rising
14 Sweden 5.44 2010 up 3.4% rising
16 Japan 5.42 2010 up 20.2% rising
17 Republic of Korea 5.39 2010 up 29.3% volatile
18 Italy 5.29 2010 up 31.6% volatile
19 Denmark 5.22 2010 up 3.6% rising
20 Australia 5.07 2010 down 2.3% rising
20 Hong Kong, China 5.07 2010 up 57.5% volatile
22 Norway 5.02 2010 up 11.8% volatile
23 Cuba 4.96 2010 up 21.0% volatile
24 Netherlands 4.89 2010 up 9.9% rising
25 Mongolia 4.87 2010 up 27.5% volatile
26 Malta 4.77 2010 up 42.8% rising
27 Cyprus 4.71 2010 up 22.0% volatile
28 Luxembourg 4.6 2010 up 17.3% rising
28 Singapore 4.6 2010 up 23.0% volatile
30 Tonga 4.58 2010 up 35.9% rising
31 Belgium 4.57 2010 up 10.1% rising
31 Spain 4.57 2010 up 26.6% volatile
33 Brunei Darussalam 4.15 2010 up 22.1% volatile
34 Iceland 4.09 2010 up 13.9% volatile
35 Greece 4 2010 up 24.2% rising
36 Chile 3.97 2010 up 18.2% rising
36 Ireland 3.97 2010 up 18.5% rising
38 Jamaica 3.86 2010 up 36.4% volatile
39 Czechia 3.85 2010 up 5.8% rising
40 Slovakia 3.83 2010 up 30.3% rising
41 Belize 3.74 2010 up 70.8% volatile
42 Malaysia 3.64 2010 up 58.3% volatile
42 Slovenia 3.64 2010 up 9.0% rising
44 Mauritius 3.6 2010 up 114.3% volatile
45 Hungary 3.58 2010 up 9.5% volatile
46 Croatia 3.5 2010 up 36.2% volatile
47 Serbia 3.47 2010 up 63.7% volatile
48 Romania 3.46 2010 up 12.3% volatile
49 Poland 3.45 2010 up 5.5% volatile
50 Barbados 3.43 2010 up 6.5% rising
51 Congo 3.33 2010 up 43.5% volatile
51 Kuwait 3.33 2010 down 1.5% volatile
53 United Arab Emirates 3.31 2010 up 17.8% volatile
54 Jordan 3.29 2010 up 51.6% volatile
55 Panama 3.28 2010 up 28.1% volatile
56 New Zealand 3.24 2010 up 4.9% rising
57 Gabon 3.14 2010 up 46.0% volatile
58 Trinidad and Tobago 3.1 2010 up 65.8% volatile
59 Qatar 3.09 2010 up 25.6% volatile
60 Ghana 3.07 2010 down 10.8% volatile
61 Guyana 3.03 2010 up 1.0% volatile
62 Lithuania 2.95 2010 down 52.7% volatile
62 Viet Nam 2.95 2010 up 130.5% volatile
64 Albania 2.93 2010 down 5.5% rising
64 Colombia 2.93 2010 up 32.0% volatile
66 Brazil 2.9 2010 up 22.4% volatile
66 Russian Federation 2.9 2010 down 53.7% rising
68 Ukraine 2.87 2010 down 53.1% rising
69 Armenia 2.85 2010 down 53.4% rising
69 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.85 2010 up 46.9% volatile
71 South Africa 2.81 2010 up 73.5% rising
72 Dominican Republic 2.79 2010 up 103.7% volatile
73 Peru 2.78 2010 up 7.3% volatile
74 Bulgaria 2.66 2010 up 37.1% volatile
75 Argentina 2.6 2010 up 29.4% rising
76 Macau, China 2.57 2010 up 64.7% volatile
77 Mexico 2.53 2010 up 60.1% volatile
78 Botswana 2.5 2010 up 42.9% volatile
78 Saudi Arabia 2.5 2010 up 26.3% rising
80 Portugal 2.48 2010 up 15.3% volatile
81 Uruguay 2.47 2010 down 3.9% rising
82 Latvia 2.46 2010 down 55.3% volatile
83 Iraq 2.35 2010 up 115.6% volatile
84 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.31 2010 up 63.8% volatile
85 Fiji 2.15 2010 up 3.9% volatile
86 Egypt 2.12 2010 up 41.3% volatile
87 Ecuador 2.1 2010 up 24.3% volatile
88 Costa Rica 2.06 2010 up 11.4% volatile
88 Philippines 2.06 2010 up 21.2% rising
88 Zimbabwe 2.06 2010 up 121.5% volatile
91 Bahrain 2.05 2010 down 17.7% volatile
92 Sri Lanka 1.98 2010 down 20.8% rising
93 Nicaragua 1.91 2010 up 54.0% volatile
94 China 1.85 2010 up 55.5% volatile
95 India 1.82 2010 up 11.0% volatile
96 Libya 1.8 2010 up 6.5% volatile
97 Syrian Arab Republic 1.76 2010 up 63.0% volatile
98 Algeria 1.73 2010 up 57.3% volatile
99 Tunisia 1.71 2010 up 7.5% volatile
100 Liberia 1.67 2010 up 50.5% volatile
101 Paraguay 1.65 2010 up 52.8% rising
102 Indonesia 1.63 2010 up 50.9% volatile
103 Türkiye 1.61 2010 up 17.5% volatile
104 El Salvador 1.59 2010 up 44.5% volatile
105 Cameroon 1.55 2010 up 53.5% volatile
106 Pakistan 1.54 2010 up 28.3% volatile
107 Thailand 1.53 2010 up 178.2% volatile
108 Haiti 1.52 2010 up 102.7% volatile
109 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.46 2010 down 29.5% rising
110 Kenya 1.45 2010 up 90.8% volatile
111 Togo 1.44 2010 up 33.3% volatile
112 Morocco 1.42 2010 up 89.3% volatile
112 Zambia 1.42 2010 up 30.3% volatile
114 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.35 2010 up 246.2% volatile
115 Namibia 1.26 2010 up 53.7% rising
116 Honduras 1.22 2010 up 14.0% volatile
117 Benin 1.15 2010 up 79.7% volatile
117 Bangladesh 1.15 2010 up 0.9% volatile
119 Uganda 1.12 2010 up 173.2% volatile
120 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.1 2010 up 89.7% volatile
121 Côte d'Ivoire 1.03 2010 up 24.1% volatile
122 Central African Republic 1.01 2010 up 94.2% volatile
123 Myanmar 0.93 2010 up 16.2% rising
124 Guatemala 0.92 2010 up 19.5% volatile
124 Papua New Guinea 0.92 2010 up 33.3% volatile
126 Nepal 0.91 2010 up 56.9% volatile
127 Afghanistan 0.81 2010 up 52.8% volatile
127 Sierra Leone 0.81 2010 up 47.3% volatile
129 Lesotho 0.75 2010 down 18.5% volatile
130 Sudan 0.71 2010 up 31.5% volatile
131 Gambia 0.69 2010 up 32.7% volatile
132 Eswatini 0.63 2010 down 28.4% rising
133 Senegal 0.58 2010 unchanged volatile
134 Mauritania 0.57 2010 up 103.6% volatile
135 Mali 0.53 2010 up 253.3% volatile
136 Cambodia 0.49 2010 down 14.0% volatile
137 Malawi 0.46 2010 up 39.4% volatile
138 Maldives 0.36 2010 down 47.1% falling
139 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.34 2010 up 30.8% volatile
140 Rwanda 0.3 2010 up 50.0% volatile
141 Niger 0.29 2010 up 163.6% volatile
142 Burundi 0.21 2010 up 5.0% volatile
143 Yemen 0.15 2010 — volatile
144 Mozambique 0.14 2010 up 16.7% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total
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, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 45-49.