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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 35-39, total by country

Average years of tertiary schooling, 35-39, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 35-39.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
2.21
Singapore
Lowest
0
Eswatini
Median
0.395
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 35-39, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 2.21 in Singapore; the lowest is 0 in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.395, and the mean is 0.5568.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 35-39, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 2.21 2010 up 179.7% volatile
2 Republic of Korea 2.14 2010 up 75.4% volatile
3 Russian Federation 2.02 2010 up 16.1% volatile
4 United States of America 1.97 2010 up 16.6% rising
5 Canada 1.87 2010 up 101.1% rising
5 Ireland 1.87 2010 up 79.8% volatile
7 Israel 1.64 2010 up 21.5% rising
8 Japan 1.57 2010 up 12.1% volatile
9 Ukraine 1.45 2010 down 7.1% volatile
10 Greece 1.4 2010 up 59.1% volatile
11 Switzerland 1.39 2010 up 69.5% rising
11 Luxembourg 1.39 2010 up 110.6% volatile
13 Australia 1.37 2010 up 50.5% rising
14 Belgium 1.33 2010 up 23.1% volatile
14 Cyprus 1.33 2010 up 13.7% volatile
16 New Zealand 1.26 2010 down 2.3% rising
17 Denmark 1.23 2010 up 35.2% rising
18 Iceland 1.21 2010 up 68.1% volatile
19 Estonia 1.19 2010 down 4.8% volatile
20 Spain 1.18 2010 up 32.6% volatile
21 Finland 1.17 2010 up 12.5% volatile
21 Sweden 1.17 2010 up 28.6% rising
23 Lithuania 1.14 2010 up 67.6% volatile
24 Norway 1.13 2010 up 22.8% volatile
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.12 2010 up 33.3% volatile
25 Netherlands 1.12 2010 up 31.8% volatile
27 France 0.99 2010 up 52.3% volatile
28 Bulgaria 0.97 2010 up 31.1% rising
29 Slovenia 0.95 2010 up 53.2% volatile
30 Germany 0.94 2010 up 11.9% volatile
31 Panama 0.92 2010 up 9.5% volatile
32 Hong Kong, China 0.9 2010 up 32.4% volatile
33 Kazakhstan 0.88 2010 up 35.4% rising
33 Macau (China) 0.88 2010 up 225.9% volatile
35 Mongolia 0.84 2010 up 44.8% rising
36 Poland 0.82 2010 up 74.5% volatile
37 Hungary 0.81 2010 up 37.3% rising
38 Colombia 0.8 2010 up 66.7% volatile
39 Peru 0.79 2010 down 31.3% volatile
40 Armenia 0.78 2010 up 9.9% rising
41 Costa Rica 0.76 2010 up 16.9% volatile
42 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.71 2010 up 51.1% volatile
43 Austria 0.7 2010 up 45.8% volatile
43 Croatia 0.7 2010 up 66.7% volatile
43 Malta 0.7 2010 up 70.7% volatile
46 Qatar 0.69 2010 up 30.2% rising
47 Chile 0.65 2010 down 11.0% volatile
47 Mexico 0.65 2010 up 20.4% volatile
49 Saudi Arabia 0.62 2010 up 21.6% rising
50 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.59 2010 up 59.5% volatile
51 Philippines 0.58 2010 down 3.3% rising
52 Jamaica 0.57 2010 up 21.3% volatile
52 Serbia 0.57 2010 up 3.6% volatile
54 United Arab Emirates 0.56 2010 unchanged rising
55 Fiji 0.55 2010 up 61.8% volatile
55 Gabon 0.55 2010 up 7.8% volatile
55 Kyrgyzstan 0.55 2010 down 3.5% rising
58 Czechia 0.54 2010 up 17.4% rising
58 Sri Lanka 0.54 2010 up 1.9% volatile
58 Latvia 0.54 2010 down 18.2% rising
58 Thailand 0.54 2010 up 125.0% volatile
62 Italy 0.53 2010 up 32.5% volatile
63 Republic of Moldova 0.52 2010 up 10.6% rising
63 Slovakia 0.52 2010 up 23.8% rising
65 Malaysia 0.45 2010 up 87.5% volatile
65 Romania 0.45 2010 up 25.0% rising
65 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.45 2010 up 15.4% volatile
68 Nicaragua 0.44 2010 down 10.2% volatile
69 Morocco 0.43 2010 up 26.5% volatile
70 Brazil 0.41 2010 up 51.9% volatile
70 Paraguay 0.41 2010 up 41.4% volatile
72 Portugal 0.4 2010 up 8.1% volatile
73 Ecuador 0.39 2010 down 39.1% volatile
73 India 0.39 2010 up 34.5% volatile
73 Iraq 0.39 2010 up 2.6% volatile
73 Tunisia 0.39 2010 up 50.0% volatile
77 Türkiye 0.38 2010 up 5.6% volatile
78 Argentina 0.37 2010 up 2.8% rising
79 Trinidad and Tobago 0.35 2010 up 84.2% volatile
80 Uruguay 0.34 2010 down 22.7% rising
81 Afghanistan 0.33 2010 up 6.5% volatile
81 Algeria 0.33 2010 up 37.5% volatile
81 Jordan 0.33 2010 down 35.3% volatile
84 Kenya 0.32 2010 up 68.4% volatile
85 Brunei Darussalam 0.31 2010 up 121.4% volatile
85 Dominican Republic 0.31 2010 unchanged volatile
87 Cuba 0.3 2010 down 33.3% volatile
88 Indonesia 0.29 2010 up 190.0% volatile
88 Tajikistan 0.29 2010 down 32.6% rising
90 Libya 0.27 2010 up 440.0% volatile
90 El Salvador 0.27 2010 down 34.1% volatile
90 Viet Nam 0.27 2010 up 107.7% volatile
93 Kuwait 0.26 2010 down 29.7% rising
94 Bahrain 0.25 2010 down 55.4% volatile
94 Côte d'Ivoire 0.25 2010 up 38.9% volatile
96 Pakistan 0.24 2010 down 14.3% volatile
97 Syrian Arab Republic 0.23 2010 up 27.8% volatile
98 Belize 0.22 2010 down 8.3% rising
98 Tonga 0.22 2010 down 38.9% volatile
100 Honduras 0.21 2010 up 23.5% volatile
101 Bangladesh 0.19 2010 up 35.7% volatile
101 Nepal 0.19 2010 up 35.7% volatile
103 Botswana 0.18 2010 up 5.9% volatile
103 Egypt 0.18 2010 up 50.0% rising
103 Liberia 0.18 2010 up 12.5% volatile
103 Mauritius 0.18 2010 up 125.0% volatile
107 Myanmar 0.17 2010 down 26.1% volatile
108 South Africa 0.15 2010 down 28.6% volatile
109 China 0.12 2010 down 33.3% volatile
109 Uganda 0.12 2010 down 33.3% volatile
111 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.11 2010 down 50.0% volatile
111 Yemen 0.11 2010 up 120.0% volatile
113 Cameroon 0.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
113 Congo 0.1 2010 unchanged volatile
113 Ghana 0.1 2010 down 33.3% volatile
113 Papua New Guinea 0.1 2010 up 233.3% volatile
113 Senegal 0.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
118 Benin 0.09 2010 unchanged volatile
118 Lesotho 0.09 2010 up 50.0% volatile
118 Mauritania 0.09 2010 up 12.5% volatile
121 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.08 2010 up 60.0% volatile
121 Sudan 0.08 2010 up 700.0% volatile
123 Gambia 0.07 2010 down 22.2% volatile
123 Cambodia 0.07 2010 up 600.0% volatile
123 Namibia 0.07 2010 down 50.0% rising
126 Albania 0.06 2010 down 75.0% rising
126 Maldives 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
126 Mali 0.06 2010 up 100.0% volatile
129 Barbados 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
129 Central African Republic 0.05 2010 down 50.0% volatile
129 Niger 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
129 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
133 Haiti 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
133 Sierra Leone 0.04 2010 down 20.0% volatile
133 Togo 0.04 2010 down 50.0% volatile
133 Zambia 0.04 2010 down 69.2% volatile
133 Zimbabwe 0.04 2010 down 50.0% flat
138 Burundi 0.02 2010 down 33.3% volatile
138 Malawi 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Rwanda 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
141 Guyana 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
142 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Mozambique 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 35-39, 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, 35-39, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 35-39.