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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.39
Germany
Lowest
0.1
Yemen
Median
2.58
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.39 in Germany; the lowest is 0.1 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.58, and the mean is 2.9.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 84.

Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 814.3%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 69.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.39 2010 up 42.7% volatile
2 Tajikistan 7.59 2010 up 6.2% volatile
3 Kazakhstan 6.93 2010 up 4.8% volatile
4 Kyrgyzstan 6.82 2010 up 21.6% volatile
5 Republic of Moldova 6.74 2010 up 17.6% volatile
6 Lithuania 6.41 2010 up 11.3% volatile
7 Switzerland 6.31 2010 up 55.0% rising
8 Ukraine 6.28 2010 up 2.6% volatile
9 Russian Federation 6.27 2010 up 12.2% volatile
10 Armenia 6.22 2010 up 1.8% rising
11 Israel 5.84 2010 up 22.7% rising
12 Austria 5.81 2010 up 24.1% rising
13 Estonia 5.76 2010 up 8.5% volatile
14 United States of America 5.75 2010 up 0.2% rising
15 Latvia 5.6 2010 up 3.1% volatile
16 France 5.59 2010 up 36.7% volatile
17 Finland 5.47 2010 up 19.4% volatile
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.45 2010 up 55.7% rising
19 Canada 5.44 2010 up 18.0% rising
19 Sweden 5.44 2010 up 4.0% rising
21 Japan 5.42 2010 up 20.2% volatile
22 Italy 5.29 2010 up 31.6% volatile
23 Denmark 5.22 2010 down 8.4% volatile
24 Hong Kong, China 5.07 2010 up 71.3% volatile
25 Australia 5.06 2010 up 20.5% rising
26 Norway 5.02 2010 up 40.6% volatile
27 Cuba 4.96 2010 up 75.9% volatile
28 Netherlands 4.89 2010 up 9.9% rising
29 Republic of Korea 4.73 2010 up 35.5% volatile
30 Cyprus 4.71 2010 up 47.2% volatile
31 Tonga 4.58 2010 up 72.8% rising
32 Belgium 4.57 2010 up 20.3% rising
32 Spain 4.57 2010 up 53.4% volatile
34 Mongolia 4.55 2010 up 19.1% volatile
35 Luxembourg 4.48 2010 up 21.1% rising
36 Malta 4.4 2010 up 72.5% rising
37 Singapore 4.07 2010 up 30.4% volatile
38 Greece 4 2010 up 56.9% rising
39 Chile 3.97 2010 up 89.0% rising
39 Ireland 3.97 2010 up 6.7% rising
41 Czechia 3.85 2010 up 5.2% volatile
42 Slovakia 3.83 2010 up 31.6% volatile
43 Iceland 3.79 2010 up 21.1% volatile
44 Belize 3.74 2010 up 70.8% volatile
45 Albania 3.66 2010 down 11.6% volatile
46 Malaysia 3.64 2010 up 58.3% volatile
46 Slovenia 3.64 2010 up 11.3% rising
48 Hungary 3.58 2010 up 9.5% volatile
49 Croatia 3.5 2010 up 36.2% volatile
50 Jamaica 3.47 2010 up 60.6% volatile
50 Serbia 3.47 2010 up 71.8% volatile
52 Romania 3.46 2010 up 18.1% volatile
53 Poland 3.45 2010 up 13.5% volatile
54 Barbados 3.43 2010 up 6.5% rising
55 United Arab Emirates 3.33 2010 up 22.4% volatile
55 Kuwait 3.33 2010 up 4.1% volatile
57 Jordan 3.29 2010 up 68.7% volatile
58 Panama 3.28 2010 up 28.1% volatile
59 New Zealand 3.24 2010 down 23.9% rising
60 Brunei Darussalam 3.18 2010 down 6.7% volatile
61 Mauritius 3.1 2010 up 84.5% volatile
61 Trinidad and Tobago 3.1 2010 up 65.8% volatile
63 Qatar 3.09 2010 up 39.8% volatile
64 Ghana 3.07 2010 up 59.1% volatile
65 Guyana 3.04 2010 up 1.3% volatile
66 Colombia 2.93 2010 up 103.5% volatile
67 Brazil 2.9 2010 up 102.8% volatile
68 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.85 2010 up 65.7% volatile
69 South Africa 2.81 2010 up 73.5% rising
70 Dominican Republic 2.79 2010 up 105.1% volatile
71 Peru 2.78 2010 up 35.6% volatile
72 Bulgaria 2.63 2010 down 35.2% volatile
73 Mexico 2.53 2010 up 6.8% volatile
74 Botswana 2.5 2010 up 42.9% volatile
75 Portugal 2.48 2010 up 34.8% volatile
76 Uruguay 2.47 2010 up 24.7% rising
77 Congo 2.32 2010 up 201.3% volatile
78 Argentina 2.31 2010 up 14.9% rising
78 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.31 2010 up 12.7% volatile
80 Macau, China 2.21 2010 up 41.7% volatile
81 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.19 2010 up 5.8% rising
82 Gabon 2.18 2010 up 165.9% volatile
83 Ecuador 2.1 2010 up 24.3% volatile
84 Bahrain 2.06 2010 down 12.0% volatile
84 Costa Rica 2.06 2010 up 33.8% volatile
84 Philippines 2.06 2010 down 19.2% rising
84 Zimbabwe 2.06 2010 up 121.5% volatile
88 Viet Nam 2 2010 up 56.2% volatile
89 Sri Lanka 1.98 2010 down 38.7% volatile
89 Saudi Arabia 1.98 2010 up 81.7% rising
91 China 1.85 2010 up 101.1% volatile
92 Syrian Arab Republic 1.76 2010 up 34.4% volatile
93 India 1.74 2010 up 17.6% volatile
93 Tunisia 1.74 2010 up 59.6% volatile
95 Libya 1.69 2010 up 98.8% volatile
96 Paraguay 1.65 2010 up 52.8% volatile
97 Fiji 1.64 2010 up 7.2% volatile
98 Indonesia 1.63 2010 up 50.9% volatile
99 Türkiye 1.61 2010 up 87.2% volatile
100 Nicaragua 1.6 2010 up 105.1% volatile
101 El Salvador 1.59 2010 up 103.8% volatile
102 Pakistan 1.54 2010 up 55.6% volatile
103 Egypt 1.53 2010 up 57.7% volatile
103 Liberia 1.53 2010 up 142.9% volatile
105 Kenya 1.45 2010 up 137.7% volatile
106 Togo 1.44 2010 up 82.3% volatile
107 Iraq 1.38 2010 up 79.2% volatile
108 Cameroon 1.31 2010 up 138.2% volatile
109 Namibia 1.26 2010 up 53.7% rising
110 Honduras 1.22 2010 up 62.7% volatile
111 Thailand 1.21 2010 up 116.1% volatile
112 Bangladesh 1.15 2010 up 0.9% volatile
113 Zambia 1.1 2010 up 182.1% volatile
114 Benin 1.06 2010 up 65.6% volatile
114 Algeria 1.06 2010 up 65.6% volatile
116 Morocco 1.05 2010 up 9.4% volatile
117 Central African Republic 1.01 2010 up 94.2% volatile
118 Papua New Guinea 0.95 2010 up 53.2% volatile
119 Côte d'Ivoire 0.93 2010 up 36.8% volatile
120 Guatemala 0.92 2010 up 43.8% volatile
121 Myanmar 0.9 2010 up 13.9% rising
122 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.78 2010 up 90.2% volatile
123 Nepal 0.77 2010 up 57.1% volatile
124 Haiti 0.76 2010 up 40.7% volatile
125 Lesotho 0.75 2010 up 47.1% volatile
126 Uganda 0.71 2010 up 73.2% volatile
127 Afghanistan 0.7 2010 up 32.1% volatile
128 Gambia 0.69 2010 up 32.7% volatile
129 Sierra Leone 0.66 2010 up 69.2% volatile
130 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.65 2010 up 170.8% volatile
130 Eswatini 0.65 2010 up 12.1% rising
132 Mali 0.64 2010 up 814.3% volatile
133 Senegal 0.58 2010 up 48.7% volatile
134 Mauritania 0.57 2010 up 103.6% volatile
135 Sudan 0.54 2010 up 125.0% volatile
136 Cambodia 0.49 2010 down 2.0% volatile
137 Malawi 0.46 2010 up 39.4% volatile
138 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.34 2010 up 30.8% volatile
139 Rwanda 0.24 2010 up 20.0% volatile
140 Burundi 0.21 2010 up 5.0% volatile
140 Maldives 0.21 2010 down 69.1% falling
142 Niger 0.17 2010 up 240.0% volatile
143 Mozambique 0.12 2010 up 140.0% volatile
144 Yemen 0.1 2010 — volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, 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, 50-54, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 50-54.