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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, female by country

Average years of secondary schooling, 50-54, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 50-54.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.3
Germany
Lowest
0.04
Yemen
Median
2.61
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.3 in Germany; the lowest is 0.04 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.61, and the mean is 2.75.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 208.

Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 3,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 81.5%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.3 2010 up 55.7% volatile
2 Tajikistan 7.45 2010 up 10.4% volatile
3 Kazakhstan 6.93 2010 up 5.3% volatile
4 Kyrgyzstan 6.82 2010 up 23.6% volatile
5 Republic of Moldova 6.73 2010 up 21.0% volatile
6 Lithuania 6.44 2010 up 9.9% volatile
7 Ukraine 6.32 2010 up 2.9% volatile
8 Russian Federation 6.31 2010 up 12.1% volatile
9 Armenia 6.26 2010 up 2.6% rising
10 Switzerland 6.19 2010 up 73.9% rising
11 Israel 5.84 2010 up 24.5% rising
12 Estonia 5.81 2010 up 5.6% volatile
13 United States of America 5.76 2010 up 0.2% rising
14 Latvia 5.64 2010 up 3.5% volatile
15 Finland 5.57 2010 up 18.3% volatile
16 Japan 5.53 2010 up 21.5% volatile
17 France 5.52 2010 up 43.4% volatile
18 Sweden 5.51 2010 up 1.5% rising
19 Canada 5.5 2010 up 20.1% rising
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.32 2010 up 57.4% rising
21 Italy 5.28 2010 up 41.9% volatile
22 Denmark 5.25 2010 down 4.7% volatile
23 Austria 5.16 2010 up 35.4% volatile
24 Norway 5.05 2010 up 45.1% volatile
25 Australia 5.03 2010 up 22.1% rising
26 Cuba 4.93 2010 up 86.7% volatile
27 Hong Kong 4.82 2010 up 90.5% volatile
27 Netherlands 4.82 2010 up 14.2% volatile
29 Cyprus 4.69 2010 up 66.3% volatile
30 Mongolia 4.67 2010 up 27.2% volatile
31 Belgium 4.57 2010 up 23.5% volatile
31 Tonga 4.57 2010 up 87.3% rising
33 Spain 4.5 2010 up 67.9% volatile
34 Republic of Korea 4.39 2010 up 59.1% volatile
35 Luxembourg 4.2 2010 up 23.9% rising
36 Malta 4.17 2010 up 90.4% volatile
37 Ireland 4.09 2010 up 9.9% rising
38 Iceland 3.99 2010 up 22.8% volatile
39 Chile 3.96 2010 up 105.2% volatile
40 Singapore 3.94 2010 up 49.2% volatile
41 Greece 3.9 2010 up 74.1% volatile
42 Slovakia 3.79 2010 up 44.7% volatile
43 Czechia 3.78 2010 up 7.1% volatile
44 Belize 3.71 2010 up 75.0% volatile
45 Jamaica 3.68 2010 up 62.1% volatile
46 Kuwait 3.61 2010 up 35.7% volatile
47 Slovenia 3.57 2010 up 14.1% volatile
48 Barbados 3.55 2010 up 7.3% volatile
49 Albania 3.53 2010 down 3.0% volatile
50 Guyana 3.51 2010 up 1.4% volatile
50 Hungary 3.51 2010 up 12.1% volatile
52 New Zealand 3.43 2010 down 17.5% rising
53 Poland 3.42 2010 up 15.5% volatile
54 Croatia 3.4 2010 up 48.5% volatile
54 Panama 3.4 2010 up 29.3% volatile
56 Serbia 3.38 2010 up 101.2% volatile
57 Qatar 3.37 2010 up 88.3% volatile
58 Romania 3.36 2010 up 26.8% volatile
59 United Arab Emirates 3.35 2010 up 60.3% volatile
60 Malaysia 3.32 2010 up 86.5% volatile
61 Brunei Darussalam 3.21 2010 up 4.6% volatile
62 Trinidad and Tobago 3.15 2010 up 70.3% volatile
63 Brazil 3 2010 up 115.8% volatile
64 Colombia 2.96 2010 up 120.9% volatile
65 Gabon 2.83 2010 up 109.6% volatile
66 Dominican Republic 2.82 2010 up 97.2% volatile
67 Jordan 2.79 2010 up 136.4% volatile
68 South Africa 2.7 2010 up 76.5% rising
69 Mauritius 2.67 2010 up 130.2% volatile
70 Portugal 2.65 2010 up 55.9% volatile
70 Uruguay 2.65 2010 up 44.8% volatile
72 Bulgaria 2.63 2010 down 37.5% volatile
73 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.59 2010 up 108.9% volatile
74 Botswana 2.56 2010 up 57.1% volatile
75 Ghana 2.52 2010 up 103.2% volatile
76 Peru 2.45 2010 up 41.6% volatile
77 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.44 2010 up 22.6% volatile
78 Argentina 2.33 2010 up 10.4% volatile
78 Mexico 2.33 2010 up 14.8% volatile
80 Costa Rica 2.11 2010 up 43.5% volatile
80 Ecuador 2.11 2010 up 27.1% volatile
82 Philippines 2.05 2010 down 16.7% rising
83 Bahrain 2.03 2010 up 23.8% volatile
83 Macao 2.03 2010 up 56.2% volatile
85 Sri Lanka 1.97 2010 down 37.1% volatile
86 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.88 2010 up 12.6% volatile
87 China 1.6 2010 up 150.0% volatile
88 Paraguay 1.58 2010 up 46.3% volatile
89 Fiji 1.56 2010 up 13.0% volatile
90 Congo 1.52 2010 up 406.7% volatile
91 Nicaragua 1.5 2010 up 150.0% volatile
92 Viet Nam 1.48 2010 up 52.6% volatile
93 Zimbabwe 1.46 2010 up 143.3% volatile
94 El Salvador 1.42 2010 up 121.9% volatile
95 Libya 1.32 2010 up 140.0% volatile
96 Indonesia 1.29 2010 up 50.0% volatile
97 Syria 1.25 2010 up 123.2% volatile
98 Saudi Arabia 1.22 2010 up 229.7% volatile
99 Namibia 1.21 2010 up 70.4% rising
100 Honduras 1.2 2010 up 57.9% volatile
101 Tunisia 1.19 2010 up 112.5% volatile
102 Türkiye 1.13 2010 up 126.0% volatile
103 Thailand 1.02 2010 up 161.5% volatile
104 Egypt 0.98 2010 up 100.0% volatile
105 Bangladesh 0.96 2010 up 12.9% volatile
105 Myanmar 0.96 2010 up 68.4% volatile
107 Cameroon 0.88 2010 up 319.0% volatile
107 Kenya 0.88 2010 up 214.3% volatile
109 Guatemala 0.87 2010 up 58.2% volatile
110 Iraq 0.83 2010 up 102.4% volatile
111 India 0.82 2010 up 39.0% volatile
112 Lesotho 0.77 2010 up 60.4% volatile
113 Morocco 0.76 2010 up 38.2% volatile
114 Pakistan 0.74 2010 up 85.0% volatile
115 Mali 0.72 2010 up 3,500.0% volatile
116 Togo 0.71 2010 up 91.9% volatile
117 Haiti 0.67 2010 up 71.8% volatile
118 Algeria 0.65 2010 up 109.7% volatile
119 Zambia 0.64 2010 up 481.8% volatile
120 Benin 0.58 2010 up 81.2% volatile
120 Liberia 0.58 2010 up 163.6% volatile
120 Eswatini 0.58 2010 down 3.3% volatile
123 Papua New Guinea 0.57 2010 up 67.6% volatile
124 Central African Republic 0.48 2010 up 200.0% volatile
125 Côte d'Ivoire 0.47 2010 up 88.0% volatile
126 Gambia 0.39 2010 up 39.3% volatile
126 Uganda 0.39 2010 up 95.0% volatile
128 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.37 2010 up 208.3% volatile
129 Sierra Leone 0.36 2010 up 100.0% volatile
130 Senegal 0.33 2010 up 120.0% volatile
131 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.3 2010 up 275.0% volatile
131 Nepal 0.3 2010 up 114.3% volatile
133 Cambodia 0.29 2010 up 20.8% volatile
134 Sudan 0.25 2010 up 212.5% volatile
135 Mauritania 0.24 2010 up 242.9% volatile
135 Rwanda 0.24 2010 up 84.6% volatile
137 Malawi 0.22 2010 up 69.2% volatile
138 Afghanistan 0.21 2010 up 90.9% volatile
138 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.21 2010 up 75.0% volatile
140 Burundi 0.14 2010 up 55.6% volatile
141 Maldives 0.1 2010 down 81.5% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
142 Niger 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
144 Yemen 0.04 2010 — volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, female
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of secondary schooling, 50-54, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 50-54.