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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
2.76
Republic of Korea
Lowest
0
Guatemala
Median
0.535
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25-29, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 2.76 in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0 in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.535, and the mean is 0.6703.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 725.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Korea 2.76 2010 up 63.3% volatile
2 Singapore 2.63 2010 up 97.7% volatile
3 Iceland 2.28 2010 up 94.9% volatile
4 Russian Federation 2.08 2010 up 24.6% volatile
5 Ireland 2.07 2010 up 31.0% volatile
6 United States of America 1.92 2010 up 7.9% rising
7 Canada 1.84 2010 up 53.3% rising
8 Cyprus 1.81 2010 up 17.5% volatile
8 Japan 1.81 2010 up 9.7% volatile
10 Greece 1.77 2010 up 96.7% volatile
11 Lithuania 1.66 2010 up 232.0% volatile
12 Belgium 1.46 2010 up 5.8% rising
13 Australia 1.45 2010 up 40.8% rising
14 Ukraine 1.43 2010 up 3.6% volatile
15 Cuba 1.41 2010 up 370.0% volatile
15 Libya 1.41 2010 up 464.0% volatile
15 Mongolia 1.41 2010 up 291.7% volatile
18 Luxembourg 1.38 2010 up 72.5% rising
19 New Zealand 1.37 2010 down 12.7% rising
20 Poland 1.35 2010 up 95.7% volatile
21 Hong Kong, China 1.31 2010 up 24.8% volatile
22 Netherlands 1.29 2010 up 37.2% volatile
23 France 1.24 2010 up 20.4% volatile
23 Israel 1.24 2010 down 13.3% rising
25 Switzerland 1.22 2010 up 82.1% rising
25 Spain 1.22 2010 up 0.8% volatile
25 Estonia 1.22 2010 up 37.1% rising
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.22 2010 up 8.9% volatile
29 Macau, China 1.18 2010 up 57.3% volatile
30 Sweden 1.16 2010 up 30.3% rising
31 Colombia 1.15 2010 up 155.6% volatile
32 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.14 2010 up 90.0% volatile
33 Latvia 1.11 2010 up 117.6% rising
33 Norway 1.11 2010 down 1.8% volatile
35 Denmark 1.08 2010 up 56.5% rising
36 Malta 1.07 2010 up 78.3% volatile
37 Hungary 1.05 2010 up 87.5% rising
38 Bulgaria 1.03 2010 up 33.8% rising
39 Panama 1 2010 up 22.0% volatile
40 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.99 2010 up 57.1% volatile
41 Armenia 0.94 2010 up 25.3% rising
41 Republic of Moldova 0.94 2010 up 147.4% rising
41 Slovenia 0.94 2010 up 44.6% volatile
44 Costa Rica 0.93 2010 up 38.8% volatile
45 Peru 0.91 2010 down 10.8% volatile
46 Slovakia 0.9 2010 up 109.3% volatile
46 Thailand 0.9 2010 up 157.1% volatile
48 Tunisia 0.88 2010 up 238.5% volatile
49 Croatia 0.86 2010 up 145.7% volatile
49 Philippines 0.86 2010 up 1.2% rising
51 Mexico 0.82 2010 up 57.7% volatile
52 Finland 0.81 2010 down 20.6% rising
53 Malaysia 0.8 2010 up 116.2% volatile
54 Czechia 0.79 2010 up 113.5% volatile
54 Iraq 0.79 2010 up 113.5% volatile
56 Sri Lanka 0.77 2010 up 13.2% volatile
57 Romania 0.75 2010 up 82.9% volatile
57 Serbia 0.75 2010 up 97.4% volatile
59 Germany 0.74 2010 up 34.5% volatile
59 Kyrgyzstan 0.74 2010 up 89.7% rising
61 Chile 0.72 2010 down 23.4% volatile
62 Italy 0.71 2010 up 82.1% volatile
63 Egypt 0.67 2010 up 294.1% volatile
64 Jamaica 0.64 2010 up 18.5% volatile
64 Portugal 0.64 2010 down 4.5% volatile
66 Ecuador 0.61 2010 up 1.7% volatile
66 Jordan 0.61 2010 up 84.8% volatile
68 Austria 0.59 2010 down 6.3% volatile
68 Algeria 0.59 2010 up 90.3% volatile
70 Brunei Darussalam 0.56 2010 up 93.1% volatile
71 Fiji 0.55 2010 up 5.8% volatile
72 Nicaragua 0.54 2010 up 10.2% rising
73 Türkiye 0.53 2010 up 10.4% volatile
74 Kazakhstan 0.52 2010 down 5.5% rising
74 Myanmar 0.52 2010 up 225.0% volatile
76 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.51 2010 up 15.9% volatile
77 Qatar 0.5 2010 up 2.0% rising
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5 2010 up 127.3% volatile
79 Brazil 0.44 2010 up 69.2% volatile
80 Gabon 0.42 2010 down 19.2% volatile
81 Bahrain 0.41 2010 down 14.6% rising
81 Paraguay 0.41 2010 up 20.6% volatile
83 Morocco 0.4 2010 down 2.4% volatile
84 India 0.36 2010 down 2.7% volatile
85 Indonesia 0.35 2010 up 288.9% volatile
86 Pakistan 0.34 2010 down 12.8% volatile
87 Barbados 0.33 2010 up 725.0% volatile
87 Viet Nam 0.33 2010 up 106.2% volatile
89 Kenya 0.32 2010 up 52.4% volatile
89 Mauritius 0.32 2010 up 190.9% volatile
91 China 0.31 2010 up 40.9% volatile
92 Afghanistan 0.28 2010 down 9.7% rising
93 United Arab Emirates 0.27 2010 down 56.5% rising
94 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.25 2010 up 150.0% volatile
95 El Salvador 0.24 2010 down 48.9% volatile
95 Tonga 0.24 2010 down 17.2% volatile
97 Dominican Republic 0.23 2010 down 39.5% volatile
97 Uruguay 0.23 2010 down 37.8% rising
99 Saudi Arabia 0.22 2010 down 62.7% rising
100 Kuwait 0.2 2010 up 11.1% rising
100 Sudan 0.2 2010 up 150.0% volatile
102 Syrian Arab Republic 0.19 2010 up 26.7% volatile
103 Benin 0.18 2010 up 100.0% volatile
103 Honduras 0.18 2010 down 5.3% volatile
105 Côte d'Ivoire 0.17 2010 down 26.1% volatile
106 Bangladesh 0.16 2010 down 11.1% volatile
106 Cameroon 0.16 2010 up 77.8% volatile
106 Tajikistan 0.16 2010 down 40.7% falling
109 Albania 0.15 2010 down 40.0% rising
109 Eswatini 0.15 2010 up 150.0% volatile
109 Togo 0.15 2010 up 114.3% volatile
112 Belize 0.14 2010 down 44.0% volatile
112 Ghana 0.14 2010 up 55.6% volatile
112 Cambodia 0.14 2010 up 366.7% volatile
112 Senegal 0.14 2010 up 180.0% volatile
112 Yemen 0.14 2010 up 27.3% volatile
117 Botswana 0.13 2010 down 23.5% volatile
117 Liberia 0.13 2010 down 13.3% volatile
119 Uganda 0.11 2010 down 42.1% volatile
120 South Africa 0.1 2010 down 52.4% volatile
121 Mali 0.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
121 Rwanda 0.08 2010 up 300.0% volatile
121 Sierra Leone 0.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
124 Argentina 0.07 2010 down 73.1% rising
124 Mauritania 0.07 2010 down 12.5% volatile
126 Central African Republic 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
126 Lesotho 0.06 2010 unchanged volatile
126 Nepal 0.06 2010 down 66.7% volatile
129 Burundi 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
129 Niger 0.05 2010 unchanged volatile
131 Gambia 0.04 2010 down 42.9% volatile
131 Haiti 0.04 2010 unchanged rising
133 Papua New Guinea 0.03 2010 down 72.7% volatile
134 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.02 2010 down 75.0% volatile
134 Guyana 0.02 2010 — volatile
134 Maldives 0.02 2010 down 50.0% volatile
134 Mozambique 0.02 2010 — volatile
134 Namibia 0.02 2010 down 71.4% falling
134 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.02 2010 down 60.0% volatile
134 Zimbabwe 0.02 2010 down 50.0% volatile
141 Congo 0.01 2010 down 90.0% volatile
141 Malawi 0.01 2010 down 50.0% volatile
141 Zambia 0.01 2010 down 75.0% volatile
144 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25-29, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 25-29, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 25-29.