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

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

Countries reporting
143
Highest
7.45
Germany
Lowest
0.05
Niger
Median
2.12
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 60-64, total is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 7.45 in Germany; the lowest is 0.05 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.12, and the mean is 2.47.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 149.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 933.3%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 70.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 7.45 2010 up 221.1% volatile
2 Tajikistan 7.15 2010 up 28.8% volatile
3 Kazakhstan 6.71 2010 up 44.9% volatile
4 Finland 6.68 2010 up 145.6% volatile
5 Kyrgyzstan 6.55 2010 up 101.5% volatile
6 Republic of Moldova 6.46 2010 up 76.5% volatile
7 Lithuania 6.2 2010 up 57.0% volatile
8 Ukraine 6.15 2010 up 20.6% volatile
9 Armenia 6.11 2010 up 15.1% rising
10 Sweden 5.8 2010 up 47.2% rising
11 Switzerland 5.76 2010 up 78.3% rising
12 Bulgaria 5.74 2010 up 47.9% volatile
12 United States of America 5.74 2010 up 3.2% rising
14 Denmark 5.72 2010 up 52.5% volatile
15 Israel 5.54 2010 up 41.7% rising
16 Estonia 5.47 2010 up 20.5% volatile
16 Latvia 5.47 2010 up 11.2% volatile
18 Russian Federation 5.41 2010 up 20.0% volatile
19 Canada 5.19 2010 up 42.2% rising
20 Austria 4.91 2010 up 44.4% rising
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.83 2010 up 106.4% volatile
22 France 4.61 2010 up 64.1% volatile
23 Japan 4.56 2010 up 33.3% volatile
24 Netherlands 4.43 2010 up 9.1% volatile
25 Norway 4.38 2010 up 56.4% volatile
26 Albania 4.37 2010 up 87.6% volatile
27 Ireland 4.22 2010 up 44.5% volatile
28 Mongolia 4.07 2010 up 57.1% volatile
29 Luxembourg 4.03 2010 up 37.5% volatile
30 Italy 3.99 2010 up 60.9% volatile
31 Belgium 3.96 2010 up 40.9% volatile
32 Tonga 3.91 2010 up 86.2% rising
33 Australia 3.79 2010 down 1.8% rising
34 Czechia 3.73 2010 up 9.4% volatile
35 New Zealand 3.72 2010 up 10.7% rising
36 Slovakia 3.71 2010 up 58.5% volatile
37 Belize 3.6 2010 up 102.2% volatile
38 Hong Kong, China 3.52 2010 up 63.7% volatile
39 Hungary 3.48 2010 up 34.9% volatile
40 Brunei Darussalam 3.44 2010 up 76.4% volatile
41 Cyprus 3.43 2010 up 58.1% volatile
42 Slovenia 3.4 2010 up 16.4% volatile
43 Kuwait 3.35 2010 up 84.1% volatile
44 Republic of Korea 3.26 2010 up 88.4% volatile
45 Barbados 3.23 2010 up 8.8% volatile
46 Croatia 3.2 2010 up 76.8% volatile
46 Poland 3.2 2010 up 48.1% volatile
48 Chile 3.19 2010 up 51.9% rising
49 United Arab Emirates 3.14 2010 up 137.9% volatile
50 Spain 3.11 2010 up 74.7% volatile
51 Iceland 3.1 2010 up 46.9% volatile
51 Serbia 3.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
53 Singapore 3.08 2010 up 75.0% volatile
54 Guyana 3.01 2010 up 95.5% volatile
55 Romania 3 2010 up 64.8% volatile
56 Qatar 2.92 2010 up 143.3% volatile
57 Greece 2.86 2010 up 79.9% rising
58 Cuba 2.82 2010 up 44.6% volatile
59 Malta 2.58 2010 up 29.6% rising
60 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.55 2010 up 104.0% volatile
61 Mexico 2.53 2010 up 112.6% volatile
62 Sri Lanka 2.47 2010 down 7.8% volatile
63 Philippines 2.45 2010 down 3.9% rising
64 Panama 2.37 2010 up 45.4% volatile
65 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.33 2010 up 156.0% volatile
66 Jordan 2.31 2010 up 175.0% volatile
67 Malaysia 2.28 2010 up 101.8% volatile
68 Trinidad and Tobago 2.26 2010 up 93.2% volatile
69 Brazil 2.21 2010 up 145.6% volatile
70 Jamaica 2.19 2010 up 53.1% volatile
71 South Africa 2.18 2010 up 54.6% rising
72 Colombia 2.12 2010 up 128.0% volatile
72 Mauritius 2.12 2010 up 96.3% volatile
74 Uruguay 2.07 2010 up 46.8% volatile
75 Peru 2.06 2010 up 2.0% volatile
76 Viet Nam 2 2010 up 88.7% volatile
77 Ghana 1.99 2010 up 59.2% volatile
78 Bahrain 1.94 2010 up 106.4% volatile
79 Botswana 1.75 2010 up 84.2% volatile
80 Argentina 1.71 2010 up 10.3% rising
81 Costa Rica 1.69 2010 up 70.7% volatile
82 Dominican Republic 1.68 2010 up 133.3% volatile
83 Portugal 1.64 2010 up 47.7% volatile
84 Macau, China 1.62 2010 up 3.2% volatile
85 India 1.48 2010 up 76.2% volatile
85 Syrian Arab Republic 1.48 2010 up 155.2% volatile
87 Tunisia 1.42 2010 up 230.2% volatile
88 Paraguay 1.27 2010 up 122.8% volatile
89 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.19 2010 down 17.4% rising
90 Indonesia 1.18 2010 up 10.3% volatile
90 Pakistan 1.18 2010 up 78.8% volatile
92 Bangladesh 1.14 2010 up 29.5% volatile
93 Türkiye 1.13 2010 up 162.8% volatile
94 El Salvador 1.11 2010 up 101.8% volatile
95 China 1.09 2010 up 70.3% volatile
95 Saudi Arabia 1.09 2010 unchanged rising
97 Ecuador 1.02 2010 up 8.5% rising
98 Egypt 0.98 2010 up 60.7% volatile
99 Morocco 0.97 2010 up 115.6% volatile
100 Zimbabwe 0.94 2010 up 67.9% volatile
101 Togo 0.91 2010 up 106.8% volatile
102 Uganda 0.89 2010 up 304.5% volatile
103 Fiji 0.85 2010 down 20.6% volatile
103 Libya 0.85 2010 up 165.6% volatile
105 Gabon 0.83 2010 up 186.2% volatile
105 Honduras 0.83 2010 up 56.6% volatile
107 Liberia 0.82 2010 up 90.7% rising
107 Namibia 0.82 2010 up 46.4% rising
107 Thailand 0.82 2010 up 164.5% volatile
110 Myanmar 0.79 2010 up 79.5% volatile
111 Nicaragua 0.78 2010 up 69.6% rising
112 Congo 0.77 2010 up 250.0% volatile
112 Iraq 0.77 2010 up 266.7% volatile
114 Guatemala 0.71 2010 up 57.8% volatile
115 Côte d'Ivoire 0.68 2010 up 161.5% volatile
116 Benin 0.64 2010 up 88.2% volatile
117 Papua New Guinea 0.63 2010 up 200.0% volatile
118 Cambodia 0.59 2010 up 181.0% volatile
119 Cameroon 0.55 2010 up 139.1% volatile
120 Haiti 0.54 2010 up 12.5% rising
121 Afghanistan 0.53 2010 up 253.3% volatile
121 Algeria 0.53 2010 up 194.4% volatile
123 Central African Republic 0.52 2010 up 173.7% volatile
123 Gambia 0.52 2010 up 13.0% volatile
125 Senegal 0.51 2010 up 218.8% volatile
126 Nepal 0.49 2010 up 133.3% volatile
127 Eswatini 0.45 2010 up 36.4% rising
128 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.41 2010 up 86.4% volatile
128 Lesotho 0.41 2010 up 70.8% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 0.39 2010 up 129.4% volatile
130 Zambia 0.39 2010 up 5.4% volatile
132 Kenya 0.34 2010 up 47.8% volatile
133 Malawi 0.33 2010 up 73.7% volatile
134 Mali 0.31 2010 up 933.3% volatile
135 Mauritania 0.28 2010 up 154.5% volatile
136 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.26 2010 up 188.9% volatile
137 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.24 2010 up 118.2% volatile
137 Sudan 0.24 2010 up 71.4% volatile
139 Burundi 0.2 2010 up 100.0% volatile
139 Rwanda 0.2 2010 up 81.8% volatile
141 Maldives 0.11 2010 down 70.3% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
142 Niger 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 60-64, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of secondary schooling, 60-64, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 60-64.