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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.76
Russian Federation
Lowest
0
Guatemala
Median
0.4
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.76 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4, and the mean is 0.482.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 1.76 2010 up 22.2% volatile
1 United States of America 1.76 2010 up 12.1% rising
3 Canada 1.51 2010 up 77.6% rising
4 Ireland 1.49 2010 up 75.3% volatile
4 Republic of Korea 1.49 2010 up 56.8% volatile
6 Israel 1.44 2010 up 19.0% rising
7 Singapore 1.35 2010 up 114.3% volatile
8 Ukraine 1.34 2010 up 8.1% volatile
9 Australia 1.26 2010 up 55.6% rising
10 Estonia 1.17 2010 up 23.2% volatile
11 Cyprus 1.11 2010 up 24.7% volatile
12 Switzerland 1.1 2010 up 74.6% rising
12 New Zealand 1.1 2010 down 5.2% volatile
14 Luxembourg 1.06 2010 up 96.3% volatile
15 Greece 1.03 2010 up 74.6% volatile
16 Belgium 1.01 2010 up 23.2% volatile
17 Japan 1 2010 up 14.9% volatile
18 Lithuania 0.98 2010 up 81.5% volatile
19 Netherlands 0.96 2010 up 29.7% volatile
20 Denmark 0.95 2010 up 39.7% rising
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.94 2010 up 22.1% volatile
21 Sweden 0.94 2010 up 22.1% rising
23 Finland 0.92 2010 up 13.6% volatile
23 Iceland 0.92 2010 up 61.4% volatile
23 Mongolia 0.92 2010 up 91.7% volatile
26 Norway 0.89 2010 up 21.9% volatile
27 Spain 0.85 2010 up 34.9% volatile
28 Germany 0.81 2010 up 24.6% volatile
28 Panama 0.81 2010 up 14.1% volatile
30 Bulgaria 0.79 2010 up 27.4% rising
31 Kazakhstan 0.77 2010 up 37.5% volatile
32 Colombia 0.75 2010 up 92.3% volatile
32 Slovenia 0.75 2010 up 47.1% volatile
34 Hungary 0.74 2010 up 51.0% volatile
34 Peru 0.74 2010 down 19.6% volatile
36 Costa Rica 0.73 2010 up 30.4% volatile
36 France 0.73 2010 up 40.4% volatile
38 Armenia 0.72 2010 up 4.3% rising
39 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7 2010 up 59.1% volatile
39 Poland 0.7 2010 up 66.7% volatile
41 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.68 2010 up 70.0% volatile
42 Hong Kong (China) 0.64 2010 up 20.8% volatile
43 Philippines 0.63 2010 down 6.0% rising
43 Qatar 0.63 2010 up 14.5% rising
45 Croatia 0.62 2010 up 87.9% volatile
45 Mexico 0.62 2010 up 47.6% volatile
47 Macau, China 0.61 2010 up 79.4% volatile
48 Kyrgyzstan 0.6 2010 up 20.0% rising
48 Latvia 0.6 2010 up 22.4% rising
50 Austria 0.58 2010 up 52.6% volatile
50 Libya 0.58 2010 up 286.7% volatile
52 Republic of Moldova 0.57 2010 up 42.5% rising
53 Serbia 0.55 2010 up 22.2% volatile
54 United Arab Emirates 0.53 2010 down 10.2% volatile
54 Chile 0.53 2010 down 11.7% volatile
54 Slovakia 0.53 2010 up 47.2% volatile
57 Malta 0.51 2010 up 64.5% volatile
58 Czechia 0.5 2010 up 35.1% volatile
59 Jamaica 0.49 2010 up 16.7% volatile
60 Iraq 0.48 2010 up 60.0% volatile
61 Sri Lanka 0.47 2010 up 4.4% volatile
62 Saudi Arabia 0.46 2010 unchanged rising
63 Malaysia 0.45 2010 up 95.7% volatile
63 Thailand 0.45 2010 up 136.8% volatile
65 Fiji 0.44 2010 up 29.4% volatile
65 Jordan 0.44 2010 up 22.2% volatile
65 Nicaragua 0.44 2010 up 10.0% rising
68 Cuba 0.43 2010 up 30.3% volatile
69 Tunisia 0.42 2010 up 110.0% volatile
70 Gabon 0.41 2010 up 17.1% volatile
71 Italy 0.4 2010 up 29.0% volatile
71 Romania 0.4 2010 up 29.0% rising
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.4 2010 up 17.6% volatile
74 Brazil 0.39 2010 up 56.0% volatile
75 Bahrain 0.37 2010 down 28.8% volatile
75 Ecuador 0.37 2010 down 22.9% volatile
77 Brunei Darussalam 0.36 2010 up 44.0% rising
77 Türkiye 0.36 2010 up 12.5% volatile
79 Algeria 0.34 2010 up 70.0% volatile
79 Egypt 0.34 2010 up 126.7% volatile
79 Paraguay 0.34 2010 up 36.0% volatile
79 Trinidad and Tobago 0.34 2010 up 70.0% volatile
83 Portugal 0.33 2010 up 6.5% volatile
84 Morocco 0.31 2010 up 24.0% volatile
85 Argentina 0.3 2010 unchanged rising
85 India 0.3 2010 up 15.4% volatile
87 Tajikistan 0.29 2010 down 19.4% rising
87 Uruguay 0.29 2010 down 14.7% rising
89 Afghanistan 0.28 2010 up 12.0% volatile
89 Kuwait 0.28 2010 down 17.6% rising
91 Dominican Republic 0.26 2010 down 13.3% volatile
91 Kenya 0.26 2010 up 73.3% volatile
93 Indonesia 0.25 2010 up 177.8% volatile
93 Myanmar 0.25 2010 up 56.2% volatile
95 Pakistan 0.24 2010 down 4.0% volatile
95 El Salvador 0.24 2010 down 25.0% volatile
97 Viet Nam 0.23 2010 up 91.7% volatile
98 Syrian Arab Republic 0.21 2010 up 16.7% volatile
98 Tonga 0.21 2010 down 30.0% volatile
100 Belize 0.19 2010 down 17.4% rising
101 Côte d'Ivoire 0.17 2010 up 13.3% volatile
101 Honduras 0.17 2010 up 6.2% volatile
101 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.17 2010 up 21.4% volatile
101 Liberia 0.17 2010 up 21.4% volatile
105 Bangladesh 0.15 2010 up 7.1% volatile
105 Mauritius 0.15 2010 up 87.5% volatile
107 Botswana 0.14 2010 down 6.7% volatile
108 South Africa 0.13 2010 down 31.6% volatile
109 China 0.12 2010 down 14.3% volatile
110 Nepal 0.11 2010 down 8.3% volatile
111 Benin 0.1 2010 up 42.9% volatile
111 Ghana 0.1 2010 down 28.6% volatile
111 Senegal 0.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
111 Uganda 0.1 2010 down 37.5% volatile
115 Sudan 0.09 2010 up 125.0% volatile
115 Togo 0.09 2010 up 28.6% volatile
117 Cameroon 0.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
117 Mauritania 0.08 2010 up 33.3% volatile
117 Yemen 0.08 2010 up 60.0% volatile
120 Barbados 0.07 2010 up 75.0% rising
120 Congo 0.07 2010 down 30.0% volatile
120 Cambodia 0.07 2010 up 250.0% volatile
120 Namibia 0.07 2010 down 22.2% rising
124 Central African Republic 0.06 2010 unchanged volatile
124 Gambia 0.06 2010 down 14.3% volatile
124 Lesotho 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
124 Mali 0.06 2010 up 200.0% volatile
128 Albania 0.05 2010 down 80.0% rising
128 Papua New Guinea 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
128 Sierra Leone 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
128 Zambia 0.05 2010 down 28.6% volatile
132 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.04 2010 unchanged volatile
132 Haiti 0.04 2010 up 33.3% rising
132 Maldives 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
132 Niger 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
132 Rwanda 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
132 Eswatini 0.04 2010 down 20.0% volatile
132 Zimbabwe 0.04 2010 down 20.0% falling
139 Burundi 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
139 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
141 Mozambique 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
142 Guyana 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
142 Malawi 0.01 2010 down 50.0% volatile
144 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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