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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, female by country

Average years of tertiary schooling, 20-24, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 20-24.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
2.42
Iceland
Lowest
0
Malawi
Median
0.31
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 2.42 in Iceland; the lowest is 0 in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.31, and the mean is 0.5041.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 2,675.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 2.42 2010 up 95.2% volatile
2 Cuba 2.41 2010 up 1,621.4% volatile
3 Singapore 2.22 2010 up 128.9% volatile
4 South Korea 2.21 2010 up 36.4% volatile
5 Libya 2.05 2010 up 88.1% volatile
6 Ukraine 1.92 2010 up 76.1% volatile
7 Russia 1.8 2010 up 25.9% volatile
8 United States 1.67 2010 up 18.4% rising
9 Cyprus 1.57 2010 up 37.7% volatile
10 Hong Kong 1.51 2010 up 179.6% volatile
11 Ireland 1.44 2010 up 1.4% volatile
12 Iran 1.42 2010 up 65.1% volatile
13 Japan 1.36 2010 down 20.0% volatile
14 Latvia 1.35 2010 up 335.5% volatile
15 Canada 1.21 2010 up 13.1% rising
16 Mongolia 1.16 2010 up 251.5% volatile
17 Colombia 1.14 2010 up 165.1% volatile
18 Barbados 1.11 2010 up 2,675.0% volatile
19 Kazakhstan 1.09 2010 up 127.1% rising
20 Croatia 1.02 2010 up 32.5% volatile
20 Malaysia 1.02 2010 up 70.0% volatile
22 New Zealand 0.98 2010 down 47.0% volatile
23 Philippines 0.96 2010 down 1.0% rising
24 Slovakia 0.93 2010 up 564.3% volatile
25 Greece 0.9 2010 up 100.0% volatile
25 Malta 0.9 2010 up 26.8% volatile
27 Belgium 0.87 2010 down 15.5% rising
27 Algeria 0.87 2010 up 81.2% volatile
29 Bolivia 0.83 2010 up 84.4% volatile
29 Tunisia 0.83 2010 up 84.4% volatile
31 Armenia 0.82 2010 up 74.5% rising
31 Panama 0.82 2010 up 7.9% volatile
33 Iraq 0.76 2010 up 105.4% volatile
34 Spain 0.74 2010 down 9.8% volatile
34 France 0.74 2010 down 33.3% volatile
34 Jamaica 0.74 2010 up 17.5% volatile
37 Mexico 0.72 2010 up 67.4% volatile
38 Thailand 0.71 2010 up 31.5% volatile
39 Gabon 0.7 2010 up 9.4% rising
39 Kyrgyzstan 0.7 2010 up 366.7% rising
39 Macao 0.7 2010 up 84.2% volatile
42 Costa Rica 0.69 2010 down 9.2% rising
42 United Kingdom 0.69 2010 up 9.5% volatile
44 Nicaragua 0.65 2010 up 18.2% volatile
45 Fiji 0.61 2010 up 1.7% volatile
46 Trinidad and Tobago 0.58 2010 up 114.8% volatile
47 Egypt 0.56 2010 up 69.7% volatile
48 Netherlands 0.55 2010 up 66.7% volatile
49 Brunei 0.54 2010 up 31.7% volatile
49 Estonia 0.54 2010 up 5.9% rising
51 Poland 0.52 2010 up 108.0% volatile
52 United Arab Emirates 0.51 2010 down 33.8% volatile
52 Sri Lanka 0.51 2010 down 29.2% volatile
52 Norway 0.51 2010 up 4.1% volatile
55 Peru 0.48 2010 down 66.4% volatile
55 Saudi Arabia 0.48 2010 down 33.3% volatile
57 Moldova 0.47 2010 down 16.1% rising
58 Lithuania 0.45 2010 up 66.7% flat
59 Jordan 0.43 2010 up 26.5% volatile
60 Qatar 0.41 2010 down 58.6% rising
61 Argentina 0.4 2010 up 300.0% volatile
62 Israel 0.39 2010 down 70.2% rising
63 Laos 0.38 2010 up 216.7% volatile
63 Sweden 0.38 2010 down 66.7% volatile
65 Bulgaria 0.35 2010 up 6.1% volatile
65 Morocco 0.35 2010 up 45.8% volatile
67 China 0.33 2010 up 43.5% volatile
67 Luxembourg 0.33 2010 down 2.9% rising
69 Switzerland 0.32 2010 up 166.7% volatile
69 Hungary 0.32 2010 up 45.5% volatile
69 Pakistan 0.32 2010 down 8.6% volatile
72 India 0.31 2010 up 29.2% volatile
72 Myanmar 0.31 2010 up 72.2% volatile
74 Portugal 0.3 2010 down 63.0% volatile
74 Sudan 0.3 2010 up 114.3% volatile
74 Venezuela 0.3 2010 down 43.4% volatile
77 Czechia 0.27 2010 up 28.6% volatile
77 Turkey 0.27 2010 down 15.6% volatile
79 Belize 0.26 2010 up 36.8% volatile
79 Romania 0.26 2010 up 85.7% volatile
81 Slovenia 0.25 2010 up 150.0% volatile
82 Bahrain 0.24 2010 down 4.0% volatile
82 Denmark 0.24 2010 down 78.6% volatile
84 Italy 0.22 2010 up 214.3% volatile
84 Serbia 0.22 2010 up 120.0% volatile
86 Finland 0.21 2010 down 30.0% volatile
86 Indonesia 0.21 2010 up 600.0% volatile
88 Austria 0.2 2010 down 71.0% volatile
88 Brazil 0.2 2010 down 23.1% volatile
88 Chile 0.2 2010 down 76.2% volatile
88 Tonga 0.2 2010 down 56.5% volatile
92 Ecuador 0.19 2010 down 59.6% volatile
92 Kenya 0.19 2010 down 5.0% volatile
94 Germany 0.18 2010 up 38.5% volatile
94 Togo 0.18 2010 up 800.0% volatile
94 Vietnam 0.18 2010 down 10.0% volatile
97 Albania 0.17 2010 down 10.5% rising
97 Cote d'Ivoire 0.17 2010 up 41.7% volatile
97 Cameroon 0.17 2010 up 54.5% volatile
97 Mauritius 0.17 2010 up 240.0% volatile
97 Eswatini 0.17 2010 — volatile
102 Botswana 0.16 2010 up 100.0% volatile
102 Yemen 0.16 2010 up 60.0% volatile
104 Dominican Republic 0.14 2010 down 77.8% volatile
104 Cambodia 0.14 2010 up 1,300.0% volatile
104 Tajikistan 0.14 2010 up 75.0% falling
107 Kuwait 0.12 2010 down 64.7% volatile
107 Paraguay 0.12 2010 down 57.1% volatile
109 Bangladesh 0.11 2010 unchanged volatile
110 Ghana 0.1 2010 up 233.3% volatile
110 Sierra Leone 0.1 2010 up 233.3% volatile
112 Nepal 0.09 2010 up 80.0% volatile
113 Afghanistan 0.08 2010 down 27.3% volatile
113 Haiti 0.08 2010 up 33.3% volatile
113 Rwanda 0.08 2010 up 166.7% volatile
113 Syria 0.08 2010 up 166.7% volatile
117 Liberia 0.06 2010 down 64.7% volatile
118 Benin 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
118 Honduras 0.05 2010 down 73.7% volatile
118 Mali 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
118 Senegal 0.05 2010 up 400.0% volatile
118 El Salvador 0.05 2010 down 90.6% volatile
123 Guyana 0.04 2010 — volatile
123 Mozambique 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
123 Niger 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
123 Uganda 0.04 2010 down 50.0% volatile
123 Uruguay 0.04 2010 down 83.3% volatile
123 South Africa 0.04 2010 down 71.4% volatile
129 Mauritania 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
129 Tanzania 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
131 Burundi 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
131 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.02 2010 down 33.3% volatile
131 Gambia 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
131 Lesotho 0.02 2010 down 66.7% volatile
131 Maldives 0.02 2010 unchanged rising
131 Namibia 0.02 2010 down 60.0% falling
131 Papua New Guinea 0.02 2010 down 71.4% volatile
138 Central African Republic 0.01 2010 down 75.0% volatile
138 Zambia 0.01 2010 down 50.0% volatile
138 Zimbabwe 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
141 Australia 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Congo 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Malawi 0 2010 — volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, 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, 20-24, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 20-24.