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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, female by country

Average years of tertiary schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 15-19.

Countries reporting
134
Highest
0.71
Thailand
Lowest
0
Zimbabwe
Median
0.01
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, female is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 0.71 in Thailand; the lowest is 0 in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.01, and the mean is 0.0845.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Hong Kong (up 2,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 0.71 2010 up 273.7% volatile
2 Cuba 0.64 2010 — volatile
3 Libya 0.61 2010 up 48.8% volatile
4 Singapore 0.51 2010 up 1,175.0% volatile
5 Colombia 0.5 2010 up 284.6% volatile
5 South Korea 0.5 2010 up 31.6% volatile
7 Barbados 0.48 2010 up 1,500.0% volatile
8 Slovakia 0.44 2010 — volatile
9 Sri Lanka 0.42 2010 up 250.0% volatile
10 United States 0.36 2010 up 44.0% volatile
11 Egypt 0.32 2010 up 255.6% volatile
11 Russia 0.32 2010 up 68.4% volatile
13 Philippines 0.3 2010 down 23.1% rising
14 Malaysia 0.27 2010 up 50.0% volatile
15 Croatia 0.25 2010 up 177.8% volatile
15 Iran 0.25 2010 up 47.1% volatile
17 Jamaica 0.23 2010 up 4.5% volatile
18 Myanmar 0.22 2010 up 120.0% volatile
18 Nicaragua 0.22 2010 up 22.2% volatile
20 Hong Kong 0.21 2010 up 2,000.0% volatile
20 Ukraine 0.21 2010 up 133.3% volatile
22 Algeria 0.18 2010 up 800.0% volatile
23 Belize 0.17 2010 up 88.9% volatile
23 Iraq 0.17 2010 up 112.5% volatile
23 Kazakhstan 0.17 2010 up 750.0% volatile
23 Laos 0.17 2010 up 466.7% volatile
23 Panama 0.17 2010 unchanged volatile
28 Brunei 0.16 2010 up 14.3% volatile
28 Gabon 0.16 2010 up 6.7% rising
30 Armenia 0.13 2010 — volatile
30 Eswatini 0.13 2010 up 44.4% volatile
32 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1 2010 up 233.3% volatile
33 Argentina 0.09 2010 — volatile
33 Canada 0.09 2010 down 40.0% falling
33 China 0.09 2010 up 12.5% volatile
33 Mexico 0.09 2010 up 50.0% volatile
37 Fiji 0.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
37 Kyrgyzstan 0.08 2010 — volatile
37 New Zealand 0.08 2010 down 74.2% falling
40 Morocco 0.07 2010 up 40.0% rising
40 Saudi Arabia 0.07 2010 — volatile
42 Bolivia 0.06 2010 down 14.3% volatile
42 Yemen 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
44 United Arab Emirates 0.05 2010 unchanged volatile
44 France 0.05 2010 down 16.7% volatile
44 Sudan 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
47 Botswana 0.04 2010 — volatile
47 Nepal 0.04 2010 — volatile
47 Tajikistan 0.04 2010 — volatile
50 Cameroon 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
50 United Kingdom 0.03 2010 down 25.0% volatile
50 Mongolia 0.03 2010 — volatile
50 Togo 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
50 Tonga 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
55 Afghanistan 0.02 2010 unchanged rising
55 Ghana 0.02 2010 — volatile
55 Gambia 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
55 India 0.02 2010 — volatile
55 Cambodia 0.02 2010 — volatile
55 Latvia 0.02 2010 — volatile
55 Mauritania 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
55 Netherlands 0.02 2010 — volatile
55 Tunisia 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
55 Venezuela 0.02 2010 — volatile
65 Benin 0.01 2010 — volatile
65 Brazil 0.01 2010 down 50.0% volatile
65 Cote d'Ivoire 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
65 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
65 Costa Rica 0.01 2010 down 94.4% volatile
65 Cyprus 0.01 2010 down 75.0% volatile
65 Dominican Republic 0.01 2010 down 96.2% volatile
65 Spain 0.01 2010 down 80.0% volatile
65 Guyana 0.01 2010 — volatile
65 Israel 0.01 2010 down 75.0% volatile
65 Kenya 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
65 Mali 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
65 Malta 0.01 2010 down 85.7% volatile
65 Namibia 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
65 Peru 0.01 2010 down 98.3% volatile
65 Sierra Leone 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
81 Albania 0 2010 — volatile
81 Australia 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Austria 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Belgium 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Bangladesh 0 2010 — volatile
81 Bulgaria 0 2010 — volatile
81 Bahrain 0 2010 — volatile
81 Switzerland 0 2010 — volatile
81 Chile 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Czechia 0 2010 — volatile
81 Germany 0 2010 — volatile
81 Denmark 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Ecuador 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Estonia 0 2010 — volatile
81 Finland 0 2010 — volatile
81 Greece 0 2010 — volatile
81 Guatemala 0 2010 — volatile
81 Honduras 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Haiti 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Hungary 0 2010 — volatile
81 Indonesia 0 2010 — volatile
81 Ireland 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Iceland 0 2010 down 100.0% falling
81 Italy 0 2010 — volatile
81 Jordan 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Japan 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Kuwait 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Liberia 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Lesotho 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Lithuania 0 2010 — volatile
81 Luxembourg 0 2010 — volatile
81 Macao 0 2010 — volatile
81 Moldova 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Maldives 0 2010 — volatile
81 Mauritius 0 2010 — volatile
81 Norway 0 2010 — volatile
81 Pakistan 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Papua New Guinea 0 2010 — volatile
81 Poland 0 2010 — volatile
81 Portugal 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Paraguay 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Qatar 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Romania 0 2010 — volatile
81 Senegal 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 El Salvador 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Serbia 0 2010 — volatile
81 Slovenia 0 2010 — volatile
81 Sweden 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Syria 0 2010 — volatile
81 Turkey 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Uruguay 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Vietnam 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 South Africa 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
81 Zimbabwe 0 2010 — volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, 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 tertiary schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 15-19.