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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 60-64, female by country

Average years of secondary schooling, 60-64, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 60-64.

Countries reporting
143
Highest
7.3
Germany
Lowest
0.02
Niger
Median
1.81
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 60-64, female is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 7.3 in Germany; the lowest is 0.02 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.81, and the mean is 2.25.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 365.

Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 4,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 87.5%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 60-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 7.3 2010 up 298.9% volatile
2 Tajikistan 6.75 2010 up 46.4% volatile
3 Finland 6.73 2010 up 154.0% volatile
4 Kazakhstan 6.63 2010 up 49.7% volatile
5 Kyrgyzstan 6.45 2010 up 124.7% volatile
6 Republic of Moldova 6.33 2010 up 89.5% volatile
7 Lithuania 6.18 2010 up 55.3% volatile
8 Ukraine 6.16 2010 up 23.9% volatile
9 Armenia 6.1 2010 up 16.9% rising
10 Sweden 5.97 2010 up 48.9% volatile
11 United States 5.74 2010 up 2.9% rising
12 Bulgaria 5.72 2010 up 50.1% volatile
13 Switzerland 5.57 2010 up 115.1% rising
14 Denmark 5.55 2010 up 63.7% volatile
14 Estonia 5.55 2010 up 17.6% volatile
16 Israel 5.48 2010 up 48.1% rising
16 Latvia 5.48 2010 up 11.6% volatile
18 Russian Federation 5.45 2010 up 21.9% volatile
19 Canada 5.2 2010 up 44.8% rising
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.64 2010 up 111.9% rising
21 Japan 4.6 2010 up 39.0% volatile
22 Ireland 4.42 2010 up 46.4% rising
23 France 4.37 2010 up 73.4% volatile
24 Norway 4.36 2010 up 68.3% volatile
25 Netherlands 4.13 2010 up 12.2% volatile
26 Austria 4.01 2010 up 69.9% volatile
27 Albania 3.91 2010 up 144.4% volatile
28 Mongolia 3.9 2010 up 91.2% volatile
29 Belgium 3.84 2010 up 44.9% volatile
30 New Zealand 3.82 2010 up 19.7% rising
31 Tonga 3.78 2010 up 92.9% rising
32 Italy 3.66 2010 up 73.5% volatile
33 Slovakia 3.62 2010 up 85.6% volatile
34 Australia 3.61 2010 down 3.5% rising
34 Czechia 3.61 2010 up 12.8% volatile
36 Luxembourg 3.54 2010 up 51.3% volatile
37 Belize 3.53 2010 up 108.9% volatile
38 Guyana 3.47 2010 up 129.8% volatile
39 Hungary 3.35 2010 up 35.1% volatile
40 Barbados 3.32 2010 up 10.7% volatile
41 Slovenia 3.24 2010 up 22.3% volatile
42 Iceland 3.21 2010 up 48.6% volatile
43 Poland 3.14 2010 up 60.2% volatile
44 Brunei Darussalam 3.09 2010 up 153.3% volatile
45 Cyprus 3.08 2010 up 96.2% volatile
46 Chile 3.07 2010 up 59.1% rising
47 Hong Kong 3.03 2010 up 95.5% volatile
48 Croatia 2.99 2010 up 121.5% volatile
49 Kuwait 2.88 2010 up 209.7% volatile
50 Serbia 2.87 2010 up 250.0% volatile
51 Spain 2.84 2010 up 93.2% volatile
52 Romania 2.75 2010 up 83.3% volatile
53 Cuba 2.64 2010 up 59.0% volatile
53 Singapore 2.64 2010 up 109.5% volatile
55 Greece 2.57 2010 up 105.6% rising
56 Republic of Korea 2.56 2010 up 166.7% volatile
57 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.52 2010 up 123.0% volatile
58 Panama 2.44 2010 up 46.1% volatile
59 Philippines 2.35 2010 down 4.5% volatile
60 Sri Lanka 2.33 2010 down 5.3% volatile
61 Jamaica 2.29 2010 up 55.8% volatile
62 Qatar 2.25 2010 up 235.8% volatile
63 United Arab Emirates 2.24 2010 up 198.7% volatile
64 Mexico 2.23 2010 up 114.4% volatile
65 Trinidad and Tobago 2.22 2010 up 105.6% volatile
66 Brazil 2.21 2010 up 166.3% volatile
67 Uruguay 2.19 2010 up 63.4% volatile
68 Malta 2.16 2010 up 46.9% rising
69 Colombia 2.06 2010 up 139.5% volatile
70 South Africa 2.04 2010 up 59.4% rising
71 Iran 1.95 2010 up 178.6% volatile
72 Malaysia 1.81 2010 up 158.6% volatile
73 Costa Rica 1.74 2010 up 87.1% volatile
74 Peru 1.71 2010 up 4.9% volatile
75 Botswana 1.63 2010 up 111.7% volatile
76 Argentina 1.57 2010 up 0.6% rising
77 Portugal 1.55 2010 up 74.2% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 1.52 2010 up 133.8% volatile
79 Jordan 1.48 2010 up 300.0% volatile
79 Viet Nam 1.48 2010 up 117.6% volatile
81 Macao 1.42 2010 up 18.3% volatile
82 Mauritius 1.41 2010 up 116.9% volatile
83 Ghana 1.37 2010 up 104.5% volatile
84 Gabon 1.36 2010 up 161.5% volatile
85 Paraguay 1.27 2010 up 139.6% volatile
86 Bahrain 1.18 2010 up 247.1% volatile
87 Ecuador 1 2010 up 9.9% volatile
88 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9 2010 down 20.4% rising
89 El Salvador 0.89 2010 up 93.5% volatile
90 Indonesia 0.86 2010 up 2.4% volatile
91 Bangladesh 0.85 2010 up 39.3% volatile
91 Honduras 0.85 2010 up 73.5% volatile
93 China 0.82 2010 up 121.6% volatile
94 Syria 0.81 2010 up 224.0% volatile
95 Tunisia 0.78 2010 up 457.1% volatile
96 Namibia 0.71 2010 up 51.1% rising
96 Türkiye 0.71 2010 up 184.0% volatile
98 Fiji 0.7 2010 down 23.1% volatile
99 Nicaragua 0.67 2010 up 116.1% volatile
100 Uganda 0.64 2010 up 611.1% volatile
101 Thailand 0.63 2010 up 250.0% volatile
102 Guatemala 0.6 2010 up 53.8% volatile
102 Zimbabwe 0.6 2010 up 71.4% volatile
104 India 0.59 2010 up 84.4% volatile
105 Myanmar 0.57 2010 up 137.5% volatile
106 Morocco 0.56 2010 up 143.5% volatile
107 Libya 0.55 2010 up 223.5% volatile
108 Egypt 0.5 2010 up 117.4% volatile
109 Mali 0.48 2010 up 4,700.0% volatile
109 Pakistan 0.48 2010 up 100.0% volatile
111 Togo 0.45 2010 up 221.4% volatile
112 Iraq 0.41 2010 up 485.7% volatile
113 Haiti 0.39 2010 up 50.0% rising
114 Lesotho 0.38 2010 up 111.1% volatile
115 Saudi Arabia 0.37 2010 unchanged rising
116 Papua New Guinea 0.35 2010 up 400.0% volatile
116 Eswatini 0.35 2010 down 5.4% volatile
118 Benin 0.32 2010 up 128.6% volatile
118 Cambodia 0.32 2010 up 433.3% volatile
120 Congo 0.3 2010 up 500.0% volatile
121 Gambia 0.28 2010 up 3.7% rising
122 Côte d'Ivoire 0.25 2010 up 257.1% volatile
123 Liberia 0.24 2010 up 41.2% rising
124 Cameroon 0.22 2010 up 266.7% volatile
124 Senegal 0.22 2010 up 214.3% volatile
126 Algeria 0.21 2010 up 200.0% volatile
127 Kenya 0.2 2010 up 122.2% volatile
128 Sierra Leone 0.18 2010 up 100.0% rising
129 Central African Republic 0.16 2010 up 300.0% volatile
130 Nepal 0.14 2010 up 180.0% volatile
131 Malawi 0.13 2010 up 116.7% volatile
131 Rwanda 0.13 2010 up 1,200.0% volatile
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.12 2010 up 200.0% volatile
133 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.12 2010 up 300.0% volatile
135 Afghanistan 0.11 2010 up 266.7% volatile
135 Zambia 0.11 2010 unchanged volatile
137 Burundi 0.09 2010 down 10.0% volatile
137 Sudan 0.09 2010 up 80.0% volatile
139 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.08 2010 up 166.7% volatile
140 Mauritania 0.07 2010 up 250.0% volatile
141 Maldives 0.04 2010 down 87.5% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
142 Niger 0.02 2010 up 100.0% rising

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 60-64, 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, 60-64, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 60-64.