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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.64
Russian Federation
Lowest
0
Malawi
Median
0.365
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.64 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.365, and the mean is 0.4359.

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 1.64 2010 up 25.2% volatile
1 United States of America 1.64 2010 up 16.3% rising
3 Ireland 1.4 2010 up 66.7% volatile
4 Canada 1.39 2010 up 80.5% rising
5 Ukraine 1.38 2010 up 23.2% volatile
6 Republic of Korea 1.29 2010 up 63.3% volatile
7 Singapore 1.26 2010 up 121.1% volatile
8 Israel 1.18 2010 up 12.4% rising
9 Estonia 1.17 2010 up 33.0% volatile
10 New Zealand 1.14 2010 down 0.9% volatile
11 Australia 1.08 2010 up 45.9% rising
12 Cyprus 1 2010 up 33.3% volatile
13 Iceland 0.96 2010 up 68.4% volatile
14 Greece 0.93 2010 up 97.9% volatile
14 Mongolia 0.93 2010 up 165.7% volatile
16 Lithuania 0.92 2010 up 91.7% volatile
17 Japan 0.91 2010 up 16.7% volatile
18 Libya 0.9 2010 up 125.0% volatile
19 Sweden 0.89 2010 up 20.3% volatile
20 Belgium 0.88 2010 up 23.9% volatile
21 Panama 0.83 2010 up 22.1% volatile
22 Denmark 0.82 2010 up 30.2% volatile
22 Finland 0.82 2010 up 18.8% volatile
22 Norway 0.82 2010 up 30.2% volatile
22 Qatar 0.82 2010 up 28.1% volatile
26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.81 2010 up 24.6% volatile
27 Luxembourg 0.79 2010 up 92.7% volatile
28 Kazakhstan 0.78 2010 up 66.0% volatile
29 Spain 0.77 2010 up 37.5% volatile
30 Bulgaria 0.75 2010 up 33.9% volatile
31 Netherlands 0.74 2010 up 37.0% volatile
31 Slovenia 0.74 2010 up 72.1% volatile
33 Switzerland 0.72 2010 up 118.2% volatile
34 Hungary 0.69 2010 up 81.6% volatile
35 Colombia 0.68 2010 up 134.5% volatile
35 Latvia 0.68 2010 up 54.5% rising
37 Costa Rica 0.67 2010 up 28.8% volatile
37 Poland 0.67 2010 up 91.4% volatile
39 Cuba 0.65 2010 up 132.1% volatile
39 France 0.65 2010 up 30.0% volatile
41 Armenia 0.64 2010 up 20.8% rising
41 Philippines 0.64 2010 down 7.2% rising
43 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.62 2010 up 93.8% volatile
44 Hong Kong, China 0.61 2010 up 45.2% volatile
45 United Arab Emirates 0.59 2010 down 1.7% volatile
46 Croatia 0.57 2010 up 78.1% volatile
46 Slovakia 0.57 2010 up 128.0% volatile
48 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.55 2010 up 71.9% volatile
48 Germany 0.55 2010 up 37.5% volatile
48 Jamaica 0.55 2010 up 17.0% volatile
48 Macau, China 0.55 2010 up 96.4% volatile
48 Peru 0.55 2010 down 37.5% volatile
53 Kyrgyzstan 0.54 2010 up 35.0% rising
54 Gabon 0.53 2010 up 23.3% volatile
55 Republic of Moldova 0.52 2010 up 40.5% rising
55 Thailand 0.52 2010 up 147.6% volatile
57 Mexico 0.51 2010 up 64.5% volatile
58 Sri Lanka 0.49 2010 up 11.4% volatile
59 Malaysia 0.47 2010 up 95.8% volatile
60 Malta 0.44 2010 up 69.2% volatile
60 Nicaragua 0.44 2010 up 29.4% volatile
60 Serbia 0.44 2010 up 33.3% volatile
63 Chile 0.42 2010 down 22.2% volatile
63 Czechia 0.42 2010 up 68.0% volatile
65 Austria 0.4 2010 up 29.0% volatile
66 Algeria 0.39 2010 up 129.4% volatile
66 Saudi Arabia 0.39 2010 up 8.3% volatile
68 Fiji 0.38 2010 up 31.0% volatile
68 Iraq 0.38 2010 up 72.7% volatile
68 Tunisia 0.38 2010 up 137.5% volatile
68 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.38 2010 up 15.2% volatile
72 Italy 0.37 2010 up 48.0% volatile
73 Portugal 0.36 2010 up 2.9% volatile
73 Trinidad and Tobago 0.36 2010 up 111.8% volatile
75 Bahrain 0.35 2010 down 12.5% volatile
76 Brazil 0.34 2010 up 54.5% volatile
76 Brunei Darussalam 0.34 2010 up 36.0% volatile
78 Argentina 0.33 2010 up 13.8% rising
78 Romania 0.33 2010 up 43.5% volatile
80 Ecuador 0.3 2010 down 28.6% volatile
80 Egypt 0.3 2010 up 114.3% volatile
80 Kuwait 0.3 2010 down 6.2% volatile
83 Dominican Republic 0.27 2010 down 25.0% volatile
83 Jordan 0.27 2010 up 35.0% volatile
83 Uruguay 0.27 2010 up 35.0% rising
86 Paraguay 0.26 2010 up 23.8% volatile
87 Türkiye 0.24 2010 up 14.3% volatile
88 Barbados 0.21 2010 up 425.0% volatile
88 Morocco 0.21 2010 up 40.0% volatile
90 Indonesia 0.19 2010 up 280.0% volatile
90 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.19 2010 up 137.5% volatile
92 Belize 0.18 2010 unchanged volatile
92 India 0.18 2010 up 20.0% volatile
94 Kenya 0.17 2010 up 70.0% volatile
94 Myanmar 0.17 2010 up 70.0% volatile
94 El Salvador 0.17 2010 down 39.3% volatile
97 Pakistan 0.16 2010 down 15.8% volatile
97 Viet Nam 0.16 2010 up 60.0% volatile
99 Tajikistan 0.14 2010 unchanged rising
99 Tonga 0.14 2010 down 39.1% volatile
101 China 0.13 2010 up 18.2% volatile
102 Sudan 0.12 2010 up 140.0% volatile
103 Honduras 0.11 2010 down 15.4% volatile
103 Mauritius 0.11 2010 up 175.0% volatile
103 Syrian Arab Republic 0.11 2010 up 83.3% volatile
106 Bangladesh 0.1 2010 up 11.1% volatile
106 Botswana 0.1 2010 up 25.0% volatile
106 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1 2010 up 42.9% volatile
109 Eswatini 0.09 2010 up 50.0% volatile
109 South Africa 0.09 2010 down 40.0% rising
111 Afghanistan 0.08 2010 up 14.3% volatile
111 Cameroon 0.08 2010 up 166.7% volatile
111 Yemen 0.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
114 Liberia 0.07 2010 down 12.5% volatile
115 Albania 0.06 2010 down 60.0% rising
115 Mali 0.06 2010 up 500.0% volatile
117 Ghana 0.05 2010 down 28.6% volatile
117 Cambodia 0.05 2010 up 400.0% volatile
117 Namibia 0.05 2010 down 37.5% rising
117 Nepal 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
117 Togo 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
117 Uganda 0.05 2010 down 28.6% volatile
123 Haiti 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
123 Lesotho 0.04 2010 unchanged volatile
123 Senegal 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
126 Benin 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
126 Gambia 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
126 Maldives 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
126 Mauritania 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
126 Papua New Guinea 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
126 Rwanda 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
126 Sierra Leone 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
133 Burundi 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
133 Central African Republic 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
133 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
133 Congo 0.02 2010 down 33.3% volatile
133 Niger 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
133 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
133 Zambia 0.02 2010 down 33.3% volatile
140 Guyana 0.01 2010 — volatile
140 Mozambique 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
140 Zimbabwe 0.01 2010 down 50.0% volatile
143 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
143 Malawi 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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