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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
2.65
South Korea
Lowest
0
Eswatini
Median
0.48
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 2.65 in South Korea; the lowest is 0 in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.48, and the mean is 0.6318.

Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 1,016.7%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 2.65 2010 up 84.0% volatile
2 Singapore 2.61 2010 up 133.0% volatile
3 Ireland 2.14 2010 up 63.4% volatile
4 Russia 2.01 2010 up 15.5% volatile
5 United States 1.95 2010 up 9.6% rising
6 Canada 1.92 2010 up 60.0% rising
7 Japan 1.79 2010 up 15.5% volatile
8 Israel 1.68 2010 up 26.3% rising
9 Greece 1.62 2010 up 70.5% volatile
10 Cyprus 1.61 2010 up 18.4% volatile
11 Switzerland 1.58 2010 up 90.4% volatile
12 Iceland 1.54 2010 up 85.5% volatile
13 Luxembourg 1.53 2010 up 106.8% volatile
14 Belgium 1.5 2010 up 22.0% volatile
15 Australia 1.48 2010 up 51.0% rising
15 Lithuania 1.48 2010 up 159.6% volatile
17 New Zealand 1.42 2010 up 18.3% rising
18 Netherlands 1.4 2010 up 48.9% volatile
19 Sweden 1.37 2010 up 53.9% rising
20 Spain 1.35 2010 up 28.6% volatile
21 United Kingdom 1.32 2010 up 48.3% volatile
22 Estonia 1.31 2010 up 24.8% rising
23 Denmark 1.3 2010 up 36.8% rising
24 France 1.28 2010 up 88.2% volatile
25 Slovenia 1.23 2010 up 80.9% volatile
26 Poland 1.22 2010 up 121.8% volatile
27 Norway 1.2 2010 up 13.2% volatile
28 Hong Kong 1.16 2010 up 30.3% volatile
29 Finland 1.15 2010 up 9.5% volatile
30 Libya 1.13 2010 up 527.8% volatile
31 Macao 1.09 2010 up 101.9% volatile
32 Ukraine 1.07 2010 down 27.2% volatile
33 Mongolia 1.06 2010 up 158.5% rising
34 Bulgaria 1.05 2010 up 34.6% rising
34 Hungary 1.05 2010 up 78.0% rising
36 Colombia 1.04 2010 up 116.7% volatile
37 Panama 1.02 2010 up 24.4% volatile
38 Costa Rica 1.01 2010 up 62.9% volatile
39 Germany 0.99 2010 up 22.2% volatile
40 Kazakhstan 0.95 2010 up 69.6% rising
41 Bolivia 0.94 2010 up 80.8% volatile
42 Peru 0.89 2010 down 23.9% volatile
43 Croatia 0.85 2010 up 193.1% volatile
44 Malta 0.8 2010 up 66.7% volatile
45 Austria 0.78 2010 up 69.6% volatile
46 Iran 0.74 2010 up 57.4% volatile
47 Thailand 0.72 2010 up 166.7% volatile
48 Czechia 0.71 2010 up 69.0% rising
48 Mexico 0.71 2010 up 36.5% volatile
48 Slovakia 0.71 2010 up 73.2% rising
51 Chile 0.7 2010 down 4.1% volatile
52 Philippines 0.69 2010 down 12.7% rising
53 Fiji 0.68 2010 up 78.9% volatile
54 Egypt 0.67 2010 up 1,016.7% volatile
54 Serbia 0.67 2010 up 36.7% volatile
56 Italy 0.66 2010 up 43.5% volatile
57 Sri Lanka 0.65 2010 up 4.8% volatile
57 Moldova 0.65 2010 up 71.1% rising
59 Malaysia 0.63 2010 up 103.2% volatile
60 Iraq 0.62 2010 up 40.9% volatile
60 Saudi Arabia 0.62 2010 up 26.5% rising
60 Tunisia 0.62 2010 up 121.4% volatile
63 Romania 0.59 2010 up 78.8% rising
64 Qatar 0.58 2010 up 5.5% rising
65 Kyrgyzstan 0.57 2010 up 46.2% rising
65 Portugal 0.57 2010 up 21.3% volatile
67 Jamaica 0.56 2010 up 14.3% volatile
68 Nicaragua 0.51 2010 up 13.3% rising
68 Venezuela 0.51 2010 up 30.8% volatile
70 Brunei 0.5 2010 up 163.2% volatile
70 Turkey 0.5 2010 up 31.6% volatile
72 United Arab Emirates 0.48 2010 down 18.6% rising
72 Ecuador 0.48 2010 down 20.0% volatile
72 Gabon 0.48 2010 down 2.0% volatile
75 Algeria 0.47 2010 up 80.8% volatile
76 Brazil 0.46 2010 up 70.4% volatile
77 Armenia 0.45 2010 down 38.4% rising
77 Bahrain 0.45 2010 down 11.8% rising
79 Paraguay 0.44 2010 up 41.9% volatile
80 Jordan 0.42 2010 up 27.3% volatile
81 Trinidad and Tobago 0.39 2010 up 95.0% volatile
82 Morocco 0.35 2010 down 10.3% volatile
83 Uruguay 0.33 2010 down 25.0% rising
84 Kenya 0.32 2010 up 45.5% volatile
85 Argentina 0.31 2010 down 13.9% rising
85 Dominican Republic 0.31 2010 down 18.4% volatile
85 India 0.31 2010 down 6.1% volatile
85 Myanmar 0.31 2010 up 121.4% volatile
89 Indonesia 0.3 2010 up 200.0% volatile
90 Afghanistan 0.29 2010 down 6.5% volatile
90 El Salvador 0.29 2010 down 29.3% volatile
92 Latvia 0.28 2010 down 50.0% rising
92 Pakistan 0.28 2010 down 12.5% volatile
94 Vietnam 0.26 2010 up 188.9% volatile
95 Mauritius 0.25 2010 up 212.5% volatile
96 Kuwait 0.24 2010 down 22.6% rising
97 China 0.21 2010 up 16.7% volatile
97 Tonga 0.21 2010 down 40.0% volatile
99 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2 2010 up 25.0% volatile
100 Syria 0.19 2010 unchanged volatile
101 Belize 0.18 2010 down 28.0% rising
101 Liberia 0.18 2010 up 5.9% volatile
103 Bangladesh 0.15 2010 down 6.2% volatile
103 Honduras 0.15 2010 down 11.8% volatile
103 Laos 0.15 2010 down 21.1% volatile
106 Sudan 0.14 2010 up 250.0% volatile
107 Ghana 0.13 2010 up 8.3% volatile
107 Senegal 0.13 2010 up 160.0% volatile
107 Tajikistan 0.13 2010 down 59.4% falling
110 Mauritania 0.12 2010 up 71.4% volatile
110 Yemen 0.12 2010 up 71.4% volatile
112 Togo 0.11 2010 up 83.3% volatile
113 Botswana 0.1 2010 down 9.1% volatile
113 Cameroon 0.1 2010 up 42.9% volatile
113 Cuba 0.1 2010 down 73.7% volatile
113 South Africa 0.1 2010 down 58.3% volatile
117 Albania 0.09 2010 down 65.4% rising
117 Uganda 0.09 2010 down 52.6% volatile
119 Benin 0.08 2010 up 14.3% volatile
119 Cambodia 0.08 2010 up 300.0% volatile
119 Maldives 0.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
119 Nepal 0.08 2010 down 50.0% volatile
123 Lesotho 0.07 2010 up 40.0% volatile
123 Papua New Guinea 0.07 2010 up 75.0% volatile
125 Central African Republic 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
125 Mali 0.06 2010 up 100.0% volatile
125 Rwanda 0.06 2010 up 200.0% volatile
125 Sierra Leone 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
129 Niger 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
130 Barbados 0.04 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.04 2010 down 33.3% volatile
130 Gambia 0.04 2010 down 42.9% volatile
130 Haiti 0.04 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Namibia 0.04 2010 down 60.0% flat
135 Zambia 0.03 2010 down 25.0% volatile
136 Burundi 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
136 Congo 0.02 2010 down 75.0% volatile
136 Mozambique 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
136 Zimbabwe 0.02 2010 down 66.7% volatile
140 Guyana 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
140 Malawi 0.01 2010 down 50.0% volatile
140 Tanzania 0.01 2010 down 75.0% volatile
143 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
143 Eswatini 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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