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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25-29, female by country

Average years of tertiary schooling, 25-29, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 25-29.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
2.93
South Korea
Lowest
0
Malawi
Median
0.605
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25-29, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 2.93 in South Korea; the lowest is 0 in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.605, and the mean is 0.7577.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 1,160.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25-29, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 2.93 2010 up 76.5% volatile
2 Singapore 2.74 2010 up 97.1% volatile
3 Iceland 2.33 2010 up 61.8% volatile
4 Ireland 2.25 2010 up 27.1% volatile
5 Greece 2.19 2010 up 116.8% volatile
6 Russia 2.13 2010 up 21.0% volatile
7 Canada 2.1 2010 up 62.8% rising
7 United States 2.1 2010 up 11.1% rising
9 Cyprus 2.03 2010 up 20.1% volatile
9 Lithuania 2.03 2010 up 244.1% volatile
11 Japan 2 2010 up 13.6% volatile
12 Libya 1.92 2010 up 1,029.4% volatile
13 Mongolia 1.72 2010 up 300.0% volatile
14 Australia 1.71 2010 up 40.2% rising
15 Poland 1.7 2010 up 102.4% volatile
16 Israel 1.63 2010 up 5.2% rising
16 New Zealand 1.63 2010 down 11.4% volatile
18 Belgium 1.61 2010 up 5.9% volatile
19 Ukraine 1.6 2010 up 0.6% volatile
20 Estonia 1.54 2010 up 35.1% rising
21 Latvia 1.49 2010 up 132.8% volatile
22 Luxembourg 1.48 2010 up 76.2% volatile
23 Spain 1.45 2010 up 3.6% volatile
24 Cuba 1.43 2010 up 276.3% volatile
24 Netherlands 1.43 2010 up 36.2% volatile
26 Sweden 1.4 2010 up 38.6% rising
27 Norway 1.37 2010 up 3.0% volatile
28 Denmark 1.36 2010 up 74.4% volatile
29 Slovenia 1.34 2010 up 55.8% volatile
30 United Kingdom 1.32 2010 up 15.8% volatile
31 France 1.31 2010 up 21.3% volatile
31 Hungary 1.31 2010 up 98.5% volatile
33 Macao 1.3 2010 up 73.3% volatile
34 Hong Kong 1.28 2010 up 21.9% volatile
35 Switzerland 1.27 2010 up 126.8% volatile
36 Bulgaria 1.26 2010 up 24.8% volatile
37 Malta 1.24 2010 up 110.2% volatile
38 Panama 1.19 2010 up 29.3% volatile
39 Colombia 1.16 2010 up 176.2% volatile
40 Slovakia 1.13 2010 up 145.7% volatile
41 Bolivia 1.11 2010 up 101.8% volatile
41 Thailand 1.11 2010 up 177.5% volatile
43 Croatia 1.1 2010 up 134.0% volatile
44 Costa Rica 1.08 2010 up 54.3% volatile
45 Moldova 1.07 2010 up 114.0% rising
46 Qatar 0.98 2010 up 28.9% rising
47 Finland 0.97 2010 down 16.4% volatile
47 Tunisia 0.97 2010 up 340.9% volatile
49 Iran 0.96 2010 up 118.2% volatile
49 Serbia 0.96 2010 up 95.9% volatile
51 Philippines 0.95 2010 up 4.4% rising
52 Czechia 0.94 2010 up 147.4% volatile
52 Peru 0.94 2010 down 7.8% volatile
54 Sri Lanka 0.91 2010 up 18.2% volatile
55 Portugal 0.89 2010 up 2.3% volatile
56 Mexico 0.88 2010 up 83.3% volatile
57 Armenia 0.87 2010 up 7.4% rising
57 Italy 0.87 2010 up 77.6% volatile
59 Malaysia 0.86 2010 up 138.9% volatile
60 Romania 0.85 2010 up 84.8% volatile
61 Germany 0.84 2010 up 44.8% volatile
61 Kyrgyzstan 0.84 2010 up 82.6% rising
63 Chile 0.81 2010 down 13.8% volatile
64 Gabon 0.76 2010 up 11.8% volatile
64 Jamaica 0.76 2010 up 8.6% volatile
66 Algeria 0.74 2010 up 164.3% volatile
67 Ecuador 0.71 2010 up 18.3% volatile
68 Austria 0.7 2010 up 2.9% volatile
68 Kazakhstan 0.7 2010 up 9.4% rising
70 Venezuela 0.65 2010 up 16.1% volatile
71 Barbados 0.63 2010 up 1,160.0% volatile
72 Nicaragua 0.62 2010 up 31.9% volatile
73 Fiji 0.59 2010 up 15.7% volatile
73 Iraq 0.59 2010 up 103.4% volatile
75 Bahrain 0.58 2010 down 10.8% volatile
76 Jordan 0.57 2010 up 111.1% volatile
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.56 2010 up 143.5% volatile
78 Brunei 0.54 2010 up 74.2% volatile
79 Brazil 0.53 2010 up 71.0% volatile
79 Egypt 0.53 2010 up 130.4% volatile
81 Turkey 0.51 2010 up 34.2% volatile
82 Paraguay 0.5 2010 up 42.9% volatile
83 United Arab Emirates 0.42 2010 down 51.2% volatile
84 Indonesia 0.39 2010 up 457.1% volatile
85 Kuwait 0.36 2010 up 24.1% rising
86 Dominican Republic 0.35 2010 down 18.6% volatile
86 Vietnam 0.35 2010 up 133.3% volatile
88 Morocco 0.33 2010 up 6.5% volatile
88 Pakistan 0.33 2010 up 22.2% volatile
88 Saudi Arabia 0.33 2010 down 50.0% volatile
91 Mauritius 0.32 2010 up 255.6% volatile
92 India 0.31 2010 up 29.2% volatile
92 Uruguay 0.31 2010 up 47.6% rising
94 China 0.3 2010 up 50.0% volatile
94 Kenya 0.3 2010 up 87.5% volatile
96 Myanmar 0.28 2010 up 115.4% volatile
96 Tonga 0.28 2010 down 6.7% volatile
98 Laos 0.27 2010 up 200.0% volatile
99 Sudan 0.25 2010 up 257.1% volatile
100 El Salvador 0.24 2010 down 52.9% volatile
101 Honduras 0.2 2010 up 11.1% volatile
102 Albania 0.19 2010 down 34.5% rising
102 Syria 0.19 2010 up 72.7% volatile
104 Belize 0.17 2010 down 32.0% volatile
105 Cote d'Ivoire 0.16 2010 up 6.7% volatile
105 Cameroon 0.16 2010 up 700.0% volatile
105 Yemen 0.16 2010 up 300.0% volatile
108 Eswatini 0.15 2010 up 66.7% volatile
109 Bangladesh 0.13 2010 down 7.1% volatile
110 Argentina 0.12 2010 down 68.4% volatile
110 Botswana 0.12 2010 down 20.0% volatile
110 Tajikistan 0.12 2010 down 36.8% falling
113 Afghanistan 0.11 2010 down 21.4% volatile
113 Liberia 0.11 2010 up 22.2% volatile
113 South Africa 0.11 2010 down 50.0% volatile
116 Ghana 0.1 2010 up 42.9% volatile
117 Cambodia 0.09 2010 up 800.0% volatile
117 Mali 0.09 2010 up 350.0% volatile
117 Senegal 0.09 2010 up 200.0% volatile
117 Togo 0.09 2010 up 350.0% volatile
121 Haiti 0.07 2010 up 40.0% volatile
121 Lesotho 0.07 2010 up 16.7% volatile
121 Uganda 0.07 2010 down 53.3% volatile
124 Nepal 0.06 2010 down 25.0% volatile
124 Rwanda 0.06 2010 up 500.0% volatile
126 Benin 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
126 Mauritania 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
126 Sierra Leone 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
129 Niger 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
129 Papua New Guinea 0.04 2010 down 55.6% volatile
131 Burundi 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
131 Mozambique 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
131 Tanzania 0.03 2010 down 25.0% volatile
134 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.02 2010 down 33.3% volatile
134 Gambia 0.02 2010 down 66.7% volatile
134 Guyana 0.02 2010 — volatile
134 Maldives 0.02 2010 down 33.3% volatile
134 Namibia 0.02 2010 down 77.8% flat
139 Central African Republic 0.01 2010 down 66.7% volatile
139 Congo 0.01 2010 down 80.0% volatile
139 Zambia 0.01 2010 down 75.0% volatile
139 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 25-29, 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, 25-29, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 25-29.