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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
2.41
Cuba
Lowest
0
Malawi
Median
0.255
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 2.41 in Cuba; the lowest is 0 in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.255, and the mean is 0.4444.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 2,577.8%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cuba 2.41 2010 up 2,577.8% volatile
2 Iceland 2.38 2010 up 85.9% volatile
3 Russia 1.99 2010 up 29.2% volatile
4 Korea 1.98 2010 up 30.3% volatile
5 Singapore 1.83 2010 up 195.2% volatile
6 Ukraine 1.77 2010 up 90.3% volatile
7 United States 1.53 2010 up 17.7% rising
8 Libya 1.49 2010 up 52.0% volatile
9 Latvia 1.44 2010 up 500.0% volatile
10 Hong Kong, China 1.43 2010 up 180.4% volatile
11 Armenia 1.42 2010 up 264.1% rising
12 Ireland 1.22 2010 up 3.4% volatile
13 Colombia 1.17 2010 up 178.6% volatile
13 Japan 1.17 2010 down 23.5% rising
15 Kazakhstan 1.07 2010 up 154.8% rising
16 Cyprus 1.05 2010 up 32.9% volatile
17 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.04 2010 up 62.5% volatile
18 Canada 1.02 2010 up 9.7% flat
19 Malaysia 0.96 2010 up 71.4% volatile
20 Mongolia 0.94 2010 up 276.0% volatile
21 Iraq 0.92 2010 up 70.4% volatile
22 Croatia 0.87 2010 up 52.6% volatile
23 New Zealand 0.82 2010 down 52.3% rising
24 Philippines 0.8 2010 down 7.0% rising
25 Slovak Republic 0.78 2010 up 550.0% volatile
26 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.76 2010 up 65.2% volatile
27 Belgium 0.74 2010 down 14.9% rising
28 Algeria 0.72 2010 up 75.6% volatile
29 Greece 0.7 2010 up 79.5% volatile
29 Panama 0.7 2010 up 6.1% volatile
29 Tunisia 0.7 2010 up 48.9% volatile
32 Malta 0.68 2010 down 10.5% volatile
33 France 0.66 2010 down 35.9% volatile
33 Mexico 0.66 2010 up 61.0% volatile
35 Myanmar 0.64 2010 up 137.0% volatile
36 United Kingdom 0.63 2010 up 8.6% volatile
37 Jamaica 0.62 2010 up 26.5% volatile
38 Macau, China 0.61 2010 up 74.3% volatile
39 Kyrgyzstan 0.6 2010 up 361.5% flat
40 Spain 0.58 2010 down 14.7% volatile
40 Nicaragua 0.58 2010 up 13.7% rising
42 Thailand 0.56 2010 up 21.7% volatile
43 Barbados 0.55 2010 up 1,275.0% volatile
43 Costa Rica 0.55 2010 down 21.4% rising
45 Brunei Darussalam 0.54 2010 up 25.6% volatile
46 Egypt 0.52 2010 down 10.3% volatile
47 Fiji 0.5 2010 down 15.3% volatile
48 Netherlands 0.45 2010 up 73.1% volatile
49 Trinidad and Tobago 0.44 2010 up 91.3% volatile
50 Peru 0.42 2010 down 70.6% volatile
51 Sri Lanka 0.41 2010 down 32.8% volatile
51 Morocco 0.41 2010 up 36.7% volatile
53 Estonia 0.39 2010 up 2.6% rising
54 United Arab Emirates 0.38 2010 down 9.5% volatile
54 Norway 0.38 2010 up 5.6% volatile
54 Saudi Arabia 0.38 2010 down 29.6% rising
57 Poland 0.37 2010 up 117.6% volatile
58 Gabon 0.36 2010 down 14.3% rising
58 Lithuania 0.36 2010 up 63.6% falling
60 India 0.35 2010 up 29.6% volatile
60 Jordan 0.35 2010 down 12.5% rising
62 Argentina 0.33 2010 up 371.4% volatile
62 China (People’s Republic of) 0.33 2010 up 37.5% volatile
64 Republic of Moldova 0.32 2010 down 33.3% falling
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.31 2010 up 138.5% volatile
66 Luxembourg 0.3 2010 up 3.4% rising
66 Sweden 0.3 2010 down 69.1% rising
68 Pakistan 0.29 2010 down 34.1% volatile
69 Bulgaria 0.28 2010 up 40.0% volatile
69 Switzerland 0.28 2010 up 133.3% rising
71 Israel 0.27 2010 down 75.0% rising
72 Benin 0.26 2010 up 271.4% volatile
73 Türkiye 0.25 2010 down 30.6% volatile
74 Hungary 0.24 2010 up 41.2% volatile
74 Portugal 0.24 2010 down 65.2% volatile
76 Afghanistan 0.23 2010 down 11.5% rising
76 Sudan 0.23 2010 up 91.7% volatile
78 Belize 0.22 2010 up 22.2% volatile
78 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.22 2010 down 46.3% volatile
80 Czechia 0.21 2010 up 23.5% volatile
80 Romania 0.21 2010 up 75.0% volatile
82 Bahrain 0.2 2010 up 5.3% rising
82 Cameroon 0.2 2010 up 122.2% volatile
82 Kenya 0.2 2010 down 16.7% volatile
82 Qatar 0.2 2010 down 64.9% falling
82 Sierra Leone 0.2 2010 up 233.3% volatile
87 Denmark 0.19 2010 down 80.8% rising
87 Togo 0.19 2010 up 111.1% volatile
87 Tajikistan 0.19 2010 up 72.7% falling
90 Slovenia 0.18 2010 up 157.1% volatile
91 Serbia 0.17 2010 up 112.5% volatile
92 Bangladesh 0.16 2010 up 23.1% volatile
92 Botswana 0.16 2010 up 77.8% volatile
92 Chile 0.16 2010 down 80.2% volatile
92 Indonesia 0.16 2010 up 433.3% volatile
92 Italy 0.16 2010 up 220.0% volatile
92 Cambodia 0.16 2010 up 700.0% volatile
92 Tonga 0.16 2010 down 62.8% volatile
99 Brazil 0.15 2010 down 31.8% rising
99 Viet Nam 0.15 2010 down 31.8% volatile
101 Austria 0.14 2010 down 76.3% volatile
101 Yemen 0.14 2010 up 40.0% volatile
103 Côte d'Ivoire 0.13 2010 down 23.5% volatile
103 Germany 0.13 2010 up 30.0% volatile
103 Finland 0.13 2010 down 38.1% volatile
103 Mauritius 0.13 2010 up 160.0% volatile
103 Eswatini 0.13 2010 — volatile
108 Albania 0.12 2010 down 20.0% falling
108 Ecuador 0.12 2010 down 74.5% volatile
108 Ghana 0.12 2010 up 200.0% volatile
111 Paraguay 0.1 2010 down 61.5% volatile
111 Rwanda 0.1 2010 up 100.0% volatile
113 Dominican Republic 0.09 2010 down 82.4% volatile
114 Kuwait 0.08 2010 down 55.6% volatile
114 Nepal 0.08 2010 up 14.3% volatile
116 Burundi 0.07 2010 up 250.0% volatile
116 Liberia 0.07 2010 down 70.8% volatile
118 Syrian Arab Republic 0.06 2010 up 100.0% volatile
119 Central African Republic 0.05 2010 unchanged volatile
119 Haiti 0.05 2010 up 25.0% rising
119 Mali 0.05 2010 down 16.7% volatile
119 Senegal 0.05 2010 up 150.0% falling
119 El Salvador 0.05 2010 down 90.0% volatile
124 Guyana 0.04 2010 — volatile
124 Niger 0.04 2010 unchanged volatile
126 Gambia 0.03 2010 down 25.0% volatile
126 Honduras 0.03 2010 down 82.4% volatile
126 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.03 2010 up 200.0% rising
126 Uganda 0.03 2010 down 57.1% volatile
126 Uruguay 0.03 2010 down 84.2% volatile
126 South Africa 0.03 2010 down 76.9% volatile
132 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.02 2010 down 33.3% volatile
132 Maldives 0.02 2010 unchanged rising
132 Mozambique 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
132 Mauritania 0.02 2010 down 80.0% volatile
132 Namibia 0.02 2010 down 33.3% falling
137 Lesotho 0.01 2010 down 80.0% volatile
137 Papua New Guinea 0.01 2010 down 83.3% volatile
137 Zambia 0.01 2010 down 50.0% volatile
137 Zimbabwe 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
141 Australia 0 2010 down 100.0% falling
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, 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, 20-24, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 20-24.