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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, female by country

Average years of tertiary schooling, 30-34, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 30-34.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
2.61
South Korea
Lowest
0
Eswatini
Median
0.525
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 2.61 in South Korea; the lowest is 0 in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.525, and the mean is 0.6872.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 853.8%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 2.61 2010 up 103.9% volatile
1 Singapore 2.61 2010 up 153.4% volatile
3 Ireland 2.25 2010 up 60.7% volatile
4 Canada 2.14 2010 up 65.9% volatile
5 United States 2.09 2010 up 10.6% rising
6 Russia 2.06 2010 up 10.8% volatile
7 Japan 1.99 2010 up 24.4% volatile
8 Israel 1.89 2010 up 37.0% rising
9 Greece 1.84 2010 up 78.6% volatile
10 Lithuania 1.75 2010 up 153.6% volatile
11 Australia 1.7 2010 up 56.0% rising
11 Cyprus 1.7 2010 up 23.2% volatile
13 New Zealand 1.68 2010 up 28.2% volatile
14 Estonia 1.65 2010 up 22.2% volatile
15 Belgium 1.64 2010 up 26.2% volatile
16 Sweden 1.61 2010 up 85.1% volatile
17 Luxembourg 1.59 2010 up 123.9% volatile
18 Slovenia 1.56 2010 up 81.4% volatile
19 Spain 1.54 2010 up 33.9% volatile
20 Netherlands 1.52 2010 up 60.0% volatile
21 Switzerland 1.51 2010 up 143.5% volatile
22 Denmark 1.5 2010 up 42.9% volatile
23 Iceland 1.48 2010 up 45.1% volatile
24 Poland 1.46 2010 up 128.1% volatile
25 Norway 1.45 2010 up 21.8% volatile
26 United Kingdom 1.38 2010 up 60.5% volatile
27 France 1.33 2010 up 92.8% volatile
27 Mongolia 1.33 2010 up 189.1% volatile
29 Bulgaria 1.32 2010 up 41.9% volatile
30 Finland 1.31 2010 up 9.2% volatile
31 Hungary 1.26 2010 up 90.9% volatile
32 Ukraine 1.25 2010 down 27.7% volatile
33 Libya 1.24 2010 up 853.8% volatile
34 Panama 1.21 2010 up 31.5% volatile
35 Kazakhstan 1.13 2010 up 76.6% volatile
35 Qatar 1.13 2010 up 43.0% volatile
37 Macao 1.08 2010 up 125.0% volatile
38 Hong Kong 1.06 2010 up 29.3% volatile
39 Colombia 1.05 2010 up 138.6% volatile
39 Costa Rica 1.05 2010 up 69.4% volatile
39 Croatia 1.05 2010 up 200.0% volatile
42 Germany 1 2010 up 42.9% volatile
43 United Arab Emirates 0.88 2010 up 12.8% volatile
43 Bolivia 0.88 2010 up 91.3% volatile
43 Peru 0.88 2010 down 21.4% volatile
46 Thailand 0.85 2010 up 203.6% volatile
47 Malta 0.83 2010 up 102.4% volatile
47 Serbia 0.83 2010 up 43.1% volatile
49 Austria 0.82 2010 up 95.2% volatile
50 Italy 0.81 2010 up 52.8% volatile
50 Portugal 0.81 2010 up 39.7% volatile
50 Saudi Arabia 0.81 2010 up 76.1% volatile
53 Czechia 0.79 2010 up 97.5% volatile
53 Slovakia 0.79 2010 up 92.7% volatile
55 Chile 0.74 2010 up 4.2% volatile
55 Moldova 0.74 2010 up 60.9% rising
55 Philippines 0.74 2010 down 12.9% rising
58 Iran 0.73 2010 up 128.1% volatile
58 Sri Lanka 0.73 2010 up 5.8% volatile
58 Mexico 0.73 2010 up 52.1% volatile
61 Gabon 0.72 2010 up 9.1% volatile
61 Jamaica 0.72 2010 up 18.0% volatile
63 Fiji 0.69 2010 up 115.6% volatile
64 Venezuela 0.65 2010 up 41.3% volatile
65 Malaysia 0.64 2010 up 128.6% volatile
65 Romania 0.64 2010 up 82.9% volatile
67 Kyrgyzstan 0.62 2010 up 31.9% rising
68 Tunisia 0.6 2010 up 200.0% volatile
69 Algeria 0.55 2010 up 189.5% volatile
69 Nicaragua 0.55 2010 up 27.9% volatile
71 Brazil 0.54 2010 up 68.8% volatile
72 Armenia 0.53 2010 down 32.1% rising
73 Bahrain 0.52 2010 down 16.1% volatile
74 Paraguay 0.5 2010 up 56.2% volatile
75 Brunei 0.47 2010 up 113.6% volatile
75 Dominican Republic 0.47 2010 up 9.3% volatile
75 Ecuador 0.47 2010 down 21.7% volatile
78 Turkey 0.45 2010 up 60.7% volatile
79 Argentina 0.44 2010 down 10.2% volatile
80 Iraq 0.43 2010 up 22.9% volatile
80 Kuwait 0.43 2010 unchanged volatile
80 Trinidad and Tobago 0.43 2010 up 95.5% volatile
80 Uruguay 0.43 2010 up 87.0% rising
84 Egypt 0.38 2010 up 280.0% volatile
85 Latvia 0.36 2010 down 50.7% rising
86 Jordan 0.35 2010 up 20.7% volatile
87 Indonesia 0.31 2010 up 342.9% volatile
88 El Salvador 0.29 2010 down 23.7% volatile
89 India 0.27 2010 up 58.8% volatile
89 Morocco 0.27 2010 up 3.8% volatile
91 Kenya 0.26 2010 up 52.9% volatile
92 Vietnam 0.24 2010 up 200.0% volatile
93 Mauritius 0.22 2010 up 340.0% volatile
93 Pakistan 0.22 2010 up 4.8% volatile
95 Tonga 0.21 2010 down 34.4% volatile
96 Belize 0.2 2010 down 23.1% volatile
96 China 0.2 2010 up 33.3% volatile
96 Myanmar 0.2 2010 up 100.0% volatile
99 Syria 0.18 2010 up 12.5% volatile
100 Honduras 0.16 2010 up 6.7% volatile
100 Sudan 0.16 2010 up 220.0% volatile
102 Cuba 0.15 2010 down 65.9% volatile
103 Cote d'Ivoire 0.14 2010 up 55.6% volatile
104 Cameroon 0.13 2010 — volatile
104 Laos 0.13 2010 down 18.8% volatile
106 Afghanistan 0.12 2010 up 9.1% volatile
106 Bangladesh 0.12 2010 down 7.7% volatile
106 Liberia 0.12 2010 up 50.0% volatile
106 Yemen 0.12 2010 up 100.0% volatile
110 Lesotho 0.11 2010 up 83.3% volatile
111 Albania 0.1 2010 down 60.0% volatile
112 Botswana 0.09 2010 unchanged volatile
112 Senegal 0.09 2010 up 350.0% volatile
112 Tajikistan 0.09 2010 down 57.1% flat
112 South Africa 0.09 2010 down 62.5% volatile
116 Ghana 0.08 2010 unchanged volatile
116 Mali 0.08 2010 up 700.0% volatile
118 Maldives 0.07 2010 up 133.3% volatile
118 Papua New Guinea 0.07 2010 up 250.0% volatile
118 Uganda 0.07 2010 down 46.2% volatile
121 Haiti 0.06 2010 up 20.0% volatile
121 Namibia 0.06 2010 down 50.0% rising
123 Benin 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
123 Barbados 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
123 Nepal 0.05 2010 down 16.7% volatile
126 Central African Republic 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
127 Burundi 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
127 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
127 Cambodia 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
127 Niger 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
127 Rwanda 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
127 Sierra Leone 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
133 Congo 0.02 2010 down 60.0% volatile
133 Gambia 0.02 2010 down 50.0% volatile
133 Mauritania 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
133 Togo 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
133 Zambia 0.02 2010 down 50.0% volatile
138 Guyana 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Mozambique 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Tanzania 0.01 2010 down 66.7% volatile
138 Zimbabwe 0.01 2010 down 75.0% volatile
142 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Malawi 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Eswatini 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, female
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, 30-34, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 30-34.