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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.68
Russian Federation
Lowest
0
Guatemala
Median
0.35
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.68 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.35, and the mean is 0.4351.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 600.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 1.68 2010 up 27.3% volatile
2 United States of America 1.61 2010 up 12.6% rising
3 Republic of Korea 1.43 2010 up 44.4% volatile
4 Singapore 1.35 2010 up 121.3% volatile
5 Ireland 1.34 2010 up 67.5% volatile
6 Canada 1.33 2010 up 68.4% rising
7 Ukraine 1.29 2010 up 20.6% volatile
8 Israel 1.11 2010 up 8.8% rising
9 Australia 0.99 2010 up 39.4% rising
9 Cyprus 0.99 2010 up 30.3% volatile
9 Estonia 0.99 2010 up 25.3% volatile
9 Japan 0.99 2010 up 15.1% volatile
13 New Zealand 0.97 2010 down 13.4% rising
14 Iceland 0.96 2010 up 65.5% volatile
15 Switzerland 0.95 2010 up 79.2% rising
15 Greece 0.95 2010 up 82.7% volatile
17 Luxembourg 0.93 2010 up 93.8% volatile
18 Belgium 0.9 2010 up 20.0% rising
19 Netherlands 0.83 2010 up 31.7% volatile
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.82 2010 up 18.8% volatile
20 Lithuania 0.82 2010 up 82.2% volatile
22 Armenia 0.81 2010 up 50.0% rising
22 Mongolia 0.81 2010 up 131.4% volatile
24 Denmark 0.8 2010 up 21.2% rising
24 Sweden 0.8 2010 up 11.1% rising
26 Finland 0.79 2010 up 16.2% volatile
27 Colombia 0.78 2010 up 116.7% volatile
27 Spain 0.78 2010 up 34.5% volatile
29 Norway 0.77 2010 up 20.3% volatile
30 Kazakhstan 0.75 2010 up 63.0% volatile
31 Panama 0.73 2010 up 17.7% volatile
32 Libya 0.71 2010 up 102.9% volatile
33 Germany 0.69 2010 up 23.2% volatile
34 Bulgaria 0.68 2010 up 30.8% rising
34 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.68 2010 up 78.9% volatile
36 France 0.67 2010 up 28.8% volatile
36 Hong Kong (China) 0.67 2010 up 42.6% volatile
38 Slovenia 0.66 2010 up 57.1% volatile
39 Cuba 0.65 2010 up 140.7% volatile
39 Hungary 0.65 2010 up 58.5% volatile
39 Latvia 0.65 2010 up 62.5% rising
42 Costa Rica 0.63 2010 up 21.2% volatile
43 Poland 0.61 2010 up 79.4% volatile
44 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.58 2010 up 61.1% volatile
44 Peru 0.58 2010 down 38.3% volatile
46 Croatia 0.57 2010 up 72.7% volatile
46 Philippines 0.57 2010 down 12.3% rising
48 Macau, China 0.55 2010 up 83.3% volatile
49 Slovakia 0.54 2010 up 86.2% volatile
50 Mexico 0.53 2010 up 47.2% volatile
50 Qatar 0.53 2010 up 6.0% rising
52 Iraq 0.5 2010 up 61.3% volatile
52 Kyrgyzstan 0.5 2010 up 31.6% rising
54 Austria 0.49 2010 up 28.9% volatile
54 Malaysia 0.49 2010 up 88.5% volatile
56 Republic of Moldova 0.47 2010 up 30.6% rising
56 Malta 0.47 2010 up 46.9% rising
56 Serbia 0.47 2010 up 30.6% volatile
56 Thailand 0.47 2010 up 123.8% volatile
60 United Arab Emirates 0.46 2010 down 11.5% volatile
60 Jamaica 0.46 2010 up 17.9% volatile
62 Czechia 0.45 2010 up 45.2% volatile
62 Sri Lanka 0.45 2010 up 7.1% volatile
64 Chile 0.42 2010 down 26.3% volatile
64 Nicaragua 0.42 2010 up 10.5% rising
66 Tunisia 0.4 2010 up 90.5% volatile
67 Fiji 0.39 2010 up 21.9% volatile
68 Algeria 0.37 2010 up 94.7% volatile
68 Egypt 0.37 2010 up 54.2% volatile
68 Saudi Arabia 0.37 2010 down 5.1% rising
71 Brunei Darussalam 0.36 2010 up 38.5% volatile
71 Italy 0.36 2010 up 33.3% volatile
73 Gabon 0.34 2010 up 9.7% volatile
73 Jordan 0.34 2010 up 13.3% volatile
73 Romania 0.34 2010 up 36.0% rising
76 Bahrain 0.32 2010 down 17.9% rising
76 Trinidad and Tobago 0.32 2010 up 88.2% volatile
76 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.32 2010 up 6.7% volatile
79 Myanmar 0.31 2010 up 82.4% volatile
80 Brazil 0.3 2010 up 50.0% volatile
80 Portugal 0.3 2010 down 11.8% volatile
82 Ecuador 0.29 2010 down 31.0% volatile
82 Morocco 0.29 2010 up 26.1% volatile
82 Türkiye 0.29 2010 up 3.6% volatile
85 Argentina 0.28 2010 up 16.7% rising
86 India 0.27 2010 up 22.7% volatile
87 Kuwait 0.23 2010 down 20.7% rising
87 Paraguay 0.23 2010 up 9.5% volatile
89 Tajikistan 0.22 2010 down 4.3% rising
89 Uruguay 0.22 2010 down 24.1% rising
91 Afghanistan 0.21 2010 up 5.0% volatile
91 Dominican Republic 0.21 2010 down 32.3% volatile
93 Indonesia 0.2 2010 up 185.7% volatile
93 Kenya 0.2 2010 up 53.8% volatile
93 Pakistan 0.2 2010 down 23.1% volatile
96 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.19 2010 up 72.7% volatile
96 El Salvador 0.19 2010 down 38.7% volatile
98 Belize 0.18 2010 down 5.3% volatile
98 Viet Nam 0.18 2010 up 50.0% volatile
100 Tonga 0.16 2010 down 38.5% volatile
101 China 0.14 2010 down 6.7% volatile
101 Syrian Arab Republic 0.14 2010 up 27.3% volatile
103 Bangladesh 0.13 2010 up 18.2% volatile
103 Barbados 0.13 2010 up 225.0% volatile
103 Mauritius 0.13 2010 up 116.7% volatile
106 Benin 0.12 2010 up 100.0% volatile
106 Botswana 0.12 2010 up 20.0% volatile
106 Côte d'Ivoire 0.12 2010 unchanged volatile
109 Honduras 0.11 2010 down 21.4% volatile
109 Liberia 0.11 2010 down 21.4% volatile
109 Sudan 0.11 2010 up 120.0% volatile
112 South Africa 0.1 2010 down 33.3% rising
113 Cameroon 0.09 2010 up 80.0% volatile
113 Nepal 0.09 2010 unchanged volatile
113 Togo 0.09 2010 up 50.0% volatile
113 Yemen 0.09 2010 up 80.0% volatile
117 Ghana 0.08 2010 down 20.0% volatile
117 Eswatini 0.08 2010 up 60.0% volatile
119 Cambodia 0.07 2010 up 600.0% volatile
119 Senegal 0.07 2010 up 133.3% volatile
119 Sierra Leone 0.07 2010 up 133.3% volatile
122 Uganda 0.06 2010 down 40.0% volatile
123 Albania 0.05 2010 down 73.7% rising
123 Central African Republic 0.05 2010 unchanged volatile
123 Gambia 0.05 2010 down 16.7% volatile
123 Mali 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
123 Mauritania 0.05 2010 down 28.6% volatile
128 Congo 0.04 2010 down 33.3% rising
128 Lesotho 0.04 2010 unchanged volatile
128 Namibia 0.04 2010 down 42.9% rising
128 Rwanda 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
132 Burundi 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
132 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
132 Haiti 0.03 2010 unchanged rising
132 Maldives 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
132 Niger 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
132 Papua New Guinea 0.03 2010 down 25.0% volatile
132 Zambia 0.03 2010 down 40.0% volatile
139 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.02 2010 unchanged rising
139 Zimbabwe 0.02 2010 down 33.3% falling
141 Guyana 0.01 2010 — volatile
141 Mozambique 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
141 Malawi 0.01 2010 unchanged rising
144 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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