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

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

Countries reporting
136
Highest
0.65
Cuba
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, total is currently reported for 136 countries. The highest value is 0.65 in Cuba; the lowest is 0 in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.01, and the mean is 0.0822.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Hong Kong, China (up 1,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cuba 0.65 2010 — volatile
2 Armenia 0.6 2010 — volatile
3 Libya 0.57 2010 up 50.0% volatile
4 Thailand 0.56 2010 up 273.3% volatile
5 Colombia 0.51 2010 up 292.3% volatile
6 Korea 0.49 2010 up 22.5% volatile
7 Singapore 0.42 2010 up 950.0% volatile
8 Russia 0.41 2010 up 64.0% volatile
9 Slovak Republic 0.37 2010 — volatile
10 Sri Lanka 0.35 2010 up 218.2% volatile
11 Barbados 0.34 2010 up 1,033.3% volatile
11 Myanmar 0.34 2010 up 142.9% volatile
11 United States 0.34 2010 up 54.5% volatile
14 Egypt 0.32 2010 up 60.0% volatile
15 Malaysia 0.26 2010 up 62.5% volatile
16 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.25 2010 up 127.3% volatile
17 Philippines 0.24 2010 down 29.4% rising
18 Croatia 0.22 2010 up 266.7% volatile
18 Kazakhstan 0.22 2010 up 1,000.0% volatile
20 Hong Kong, China 0.2 2010 up 1,900.0% volatile
20 Iraq 0.2 2010 up 81.8% volatile
20 Ukraine 0.2 2010 up 150.0% volatile
23 Jamaica 0.19 2010 up 5.6% volatile
24 Nicaragua 0.18 2010 down 10.0% rising
25 Brunei Darussalam 0.16 2010 up 14.3% volatile
26 Algeria 0.15 2010 up 650.0% volatile
26 Panama 0.15 2010 down 6.2% volatile
28 Belize 0.14 2010 up 75.0% volatile
29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.13 2010 up 333.3% volatile
30 Gabon 0.12 2010 unchanged rising
31 Eswatini 0.11 2010 up 37.5% volatile
32 Morocco 0.1 2010 up 25.0% rising
33 Argentina 0.09 2010 — volatile
33 Latvia 0.09 2010 — volatile
35 Canada 0.08 2010 down 38.5% volatile
35 China (People’s Republic of) 0.08 2010 unchanged volatile
35 Mexico 0.08 2010 up 33.3% volatile
35 Trinidad and Tobago 0.08 2010 up 300.0% volatile
39 New Zealand 0.07 2010 down 75.9% falling
40 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.06 2010 unchanged volatile
40 France 0.06 2010 unchanged falling
40 Kyrgyzstan 0.06 2010 — volatile
40 Saudi Arabia 0.06 2010 — volatile
44 United Arab Emirates 0.05 2010 down 64.3% volatile
44 Fiji 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
44 Yemen 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
47 Botswana 0.04 2010 — volatile
47 Cameroon 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
47 India 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
47 Sudan 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
47 Tajikistan 0.04 2010 — volatile
52 Afghanistan 0.03 2010 down 25.0% rising
52 Benin 0.03 2010 — volatile
52 Nepal 0.03 2010 — volatile
52 Sierra Leone 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
52 Togo 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
52 Tonga 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
58 United Kingdom 0.02 2010 down 50.0% volatile
58 Ghana 0.02 2010 — volatile
58 Gambia 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
58 Cambodia 0.02 2010 — volatile
58 Mongolia 0.02 2010 — volatile
58 Mauritania 0.02 2010 down 60.0% volatile
58 Netherlands 0.02 2010 — volatile
58 Tunisia 0.02 2010 down 33.3% volatile
58 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.02 2010 — volatile
67 Belgium 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
67 Bangladesh 0.01 2010 — volatile
67 Brazil 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
67 Switzerland 0.01 2010 — volatile
67 Côte d'Ivoire 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
67 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
67 Congo 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
67 Costa Rica 0.01 2010 down 93.8% volatile
67 Dominican Republic 0.01 2010 down 94.7% volatile
67 Spain 0.01 2010 down 75.0% volatile
67 Guyana 0.01 2010 — volatile
67 Israel 0.01 2010 down 80.0% volatile
67 Kenya 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
67 Mali 0.01 2010 down 50.0% volatile
67 Malta 0.01 2010 down 83.3% volatile
67 Peru 0.01 2010 down 98.3% volatile
67 Qatar 0.01 2010 down 85.7% volatile
84 Albania 0 2010 — volatile
84 Australia 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Austria 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Bulgaria 0 2010 — volatile
84 Bahrain 0 2010 — volatile
84 Chile 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Cyprus 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Czechia 0 2010 — volatile
84 Germany 0 2010 — volatile
84 Denmark 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Ecuador 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Estonia 0 2010 — volatile
84 Finland 0 2010 — volatile
84 Greece 0 2010 — volatile
84 Guatemala 0 2010 — volatile
84 Honduras 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Hungary 0 2010 — volatile
84 Indonesia 0 2010 — volatile
84 Ireland 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Iceland 0 2010 down 100.0% falling
84 Italy 0 2010 — volatile
84 Jordan 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Japan 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Kuwait 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Liberia 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Lesotho 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Lithuania 0 2010 — volatile
84 Luxembourg 0 2010 — volatile
84 Macau, China 0 2010 — volatile
84 Republic of Moldova 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Maldives 0 2010 — volatile
84 Mauritius 0 2010 — volatile
84 Malawi 0 2010 — volatile
84 Namibia 0 2010 — volatile
84 Norway 0 2010 — volatile
84 Pakistan 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Papua New Guinea 0 2010 — volatile
84 Poland 0 2010 — volatile
84 Portugal 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Paraguay 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Romania 0 2010 — volatile
84 Senegal 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 El Salvador 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Serbia 0 2010 — volatile
84 Slovenia 0 2010 — volatile
84 Sweden 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Syrian Arab Republic 0 2010 — volatile
84 Türkiye 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Uruguay 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Viet Nam 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 South Africa 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
84 Zambia 0 2010 — volatile
84 Zimbabwe 0 2010 — volatile

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