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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.77
United States
Lowest
0
Guatemala
Median
0.39
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.77 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.39, and the mean is 0.4735.

Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 800.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 1.77 2010 up 15.7% rising
2 Russia 1.74 2010 up 21.7% volatile
3 Canada 1.56 2010 up 95.0% volatile
4 Ireland 1.54 2010 up 79.1% volatile
5 Israel 1.5 2010 up 25.0% volatile
6 Ukraine 1.43 2010 up 13.5% volatile
7 Australia 1.36 2010 up 65.9% volatile
8 Estonia 1.34 2010 up 30.1% volatile
9 New Zealand 1.3 2010 up 10.2% volatile
10 South Korea 1.27 2010 up 81.4% volatile
11 Singapore 1.24 2010 up 121.4% volatile
12 Lithuania 1.08 2010 up 92.9% volatile
13 Cyprus 1.06 2010 up 30.9% volatile
14 Mongolia 1.04 2010 up 126.1% volatile
15 Qatar 1.03 2010 up 49.3% volatile
15 Sweden 1.03 2010 up 33.8% volatile
17 Greece 1.01 2010 up 94.2% volatile
18 Belgium 0.96 2010 up 28.0% volatile
18 Denmark 0.96 2010 up 50.0% volatile
20 Finland 0.94 2010 up 16.0% volatile
21 Norway 0.93 2010 up 34.8% volatile
22 Panama 0.92 2010 up 21.1% volatile
23 United Kingdom 0.91 2010 up 28.2% volatile
23 Iceland 0.91 2010 up 59.6% volatile
25 Japan 0.9 2010 up 20.0% volatile
26 Luxembourg 0.89 2010 up 97.8% volatile
27 Bulgaria 0.86 2010 up 32.3% volatile
28 Netherlands 0.84 2010 up 35.5% volatile
29 Switzerland 0.83 2010 up 118.4% volatile
30 Spain 0.82 2010 up 41.4% volatile
30 Slovenia 0.82 2010 up 60.8% volatile
32 Kazakhstan 0.81 2010 up 44.6% volatile
33 Hungary 0.77 2010 up 75.0% volatile
34 United Arab Emirates 0.76 2010 up 8.6% volatile
34 Poland 0.76 2010 up 81.0% volatile
36 Costa Rica 0.75 2010 up 36.4% volatile
37 Libya 0.73 2010 up 329.4% volatile
38 France 0.7 2010 up 45.8% volatile
39 Armenia 0.69 2010 up 6.2% rising
39 Peru 0.69 2010 down 16.9% volatile
41 Philippines 0.68 2010 down 2.9% rising
42 Colombia 0.67 2010 up 109.4% volatile
42 Latvia 0.67 2010 up 28.8% rising
44 Bolivia 0.64 2010 up 77.8% volatile
45 Kyrgyzstan 0.63 2010 up 26.0% rising
46 Germany 0.62 2010 up 37.8% volatile
47 Croatia 0.61 2010 up 110.3% volatile
48 Moldova 0.6 2010 up 46.3% rising
49 Gabon 0.59 2010 up 25.5% volatile
49 Jamaica 0.59 2010 up 18.0% volatile
49 Macao 0.59 2010 up 90.3% volatile
52 Mexico 0.57 2010 up 67.6% volatile
53 Hong Kong 0.56 2010 up 21.7% volatile
54 Iran 0.54 2010 up 107.7% volatile
54 Slovakia 0.54 2010 up 80.0% volatile
56 Chile 0.52 2010 down 5.5% volatile
57 Serbia 0.51 2010 up 27.5% volatile
58 Sri Lanka 0.49 2010 up 6.5% volatile
59 Thailand 0.48 2010 up 152.6% volatile
60 Saudi Arabia 0.47 2010 up 23.7% volatile
60 Venezuela 0.47 2010 up 27.0% volatile
62 Austria 0.46 2010 up 53.3% volatile
62 Czechia 0.46 2010 up 58.6% volatile
64 Malta 0.45 2010 up 87.5% volatile
64 Nicaragua 0.45 2010 up 36.4% volatile
66 Brazil 0.44 2010 up 63.0% volatile
66 Cuba 0.44 2010 up 29.4% volatile
68 Bahrain 0.41 2010 down 24.1% volatile
68 Malaysia 0.41 2010 up 115.8% volatile
70 Fiji 0.4 2010 up 42.9% volatile
70 Italy 0.4 2010 up 37.9% volatile
72 Kuwait 0.39 2010 up 2.6% volatile
72 Portugal 0.39 2010 up 25.8% volatile
74 Ecuador 0.38 2010 down 17.4% volatile
74 Paraguay 0.38 2010 up 52.0% volatile
74 Romania 0.38 2010 up 40.7% volatile
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.36 2010 up 89.5% volatile
77 Tunisia 0.36 2010 up 176.9% volatile
79 Argentina 0.35 2010 down 2.8% volatile
79 Uruguay 0.35 2010 up 59.1% rising
81 Brunei 0.34 2010 up 47.8% volatile
81 Dominican Republic 0.34 2010 up 3.0% volatile
81 Iraq 0.34 2010 up 54.5% volatile
84 Algeria 0.33 2010 up 135.7% volatile
85 Jordan 0.31 2010 up 34.8% volatile
86 Turkey 0.28 2010 up 27.3% volatile
87 Egypt 0.23 2010 up 130.0% volatile
87 Indonesia 0.23 2010 up 228.6% volatile
89 Kenya 0.22 2010 up 120.0% volatile
89 Morocco 0.22 2010 up 37.5% volatile
91 El Salvador 0.2 2010 down 25.9% volatile
92 Belize 0.19 2010 down 9.5% volatile
92 India 0.19 2010 up 5.6% volatile
92 Vietnam 0.19 2010 up 111.1% volatile
95 Tajikistan 0.18 2010 down 14.3% rising
95 Tonga 0.18 2010 down 28.0% volatile
97 Pakistan 0.17 2010 up 6.2% volatile
98 Honduras 0.16 2010 up 23.1% volatile
99 Syria 0.15 2010 up 66.7% volatile
100 Laos 0.14 2010 up 55.6% volatile
100 Myanmar 0.14 2010 up 75.0% volatile
102 Bangladesh 0.12 2010 unchanged volatile
102 South Africa 0.12 2010 down 33.3% volatile
104 Botswana 0.11 2010 unchanged volatile
104 Cote d'Ivoire 0.11 2010 up 37.5% volatile
104 Mauritius 0.11 2010 up 175.0% volatile
107 Afghanistan 0.1 2010 up 25.0% volatile
107 Barbados 0.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
107 China 0.1 2010 unchanged volatile
107 Liberia 0.1 2010 up 66.7% volatile
107 Sudan 0.1 2010 up 233.3% volatile
112 Mali 0.09 2010 up 800.0% volatile
113 Namibia 0.08 2010 down 20.0% rising
114 Uganda 0.07 2010 down 30.0% volatile
114 Yemen 0.07 2010 up 250.0% volatile
116 Cameroon 0.06 2010 up 500.0% volatile
116 Ghana 0.06 2010 down 33.3% volatile
116 Lesotho 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
119 Albania 0.05 2010 down 73.7% volatile
119 Nepal 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
119 Senegal 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
122 Benin 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
122 Congo 0.04 2010 down 20.0% volatile
122 Gambia 0.04 2010 unchanged volatile
122 Haiti 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
122 Papua New Guinea 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
122 Eswatini 0.04 2010 down 33.3% volatile
128 Central African Republic 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
128 Cambodia 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
128 Maldives 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
128 Mauritania 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
128 Togo 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
128 Zambia 0.03 2010 down 25.0% volatile
134 Burundi 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
134 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
134 Niger 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
134 Rwanda 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
134 Sierra Leone 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
134 Tanzania 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
134 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 volatile
144 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, 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+, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females over age 25.