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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, female by country

Average years of tertiary schooling, 40-44, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 40-44.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
2.07
Russia
Lowest
0
Eswatini
Median
0.42
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 2.07 in Russia; the lowest is 0 in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.42, and the mean is 0.5556.

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 2.07 2010 up 16.3% volatile
2 Canada 2.04 2010 up 119.4% volatile
3 United States 2.03 2010 up 18.0% rising
4 Ireland 1.96 2010 up 122.7% volatile
5 Ukraine 1.79 2010 unchanged volatile
6 Israel 1.7 2010 up 21.4% volatile
7 Japan 1.62 2010 up 20.9% volatile
8 Estonia 1.52 2010 up 1.3% volatile
9 Australia 1.51 2010 up 51.0% volatile
9 Greece 1.51 2010 up 115.7% volatile
11 South Korea 1.5 2010 up 163.2% volatile
11 New Zealand 1.5 2010 up 11.9% volatile
13 Singapore 1.46 2010 up 217.4% volatile
14 Belgium 1.4 2010 up 50.5% volatile
15 Lithuania 1.39 2010 up 67.5% volatile
16 Finland 1.36 2010 up 14.3% volatile
17 Cyprus 1.35 2010 up 31.1% volatile
17 Sweden 1.35 2010 up 35.0% volatile
19 Norway 1.33 2010 up 40.0% volatile
20 Denmark 1.32 2010 up 24.5% volatile
21 Spain 1.28 2010 up 77.8% volatile
22 Luxembourg 1.27 2010 up 139.6% volatile
23 Slovenia 1.19 2010 up 72.5% volatile
24 Qatar 1.15 2010 up 38.6% volatile
25 Switzerland 1.14 2010 up 132.7% volatile
26 United Kingdom 1.11 2010 up 40.5% volatile
27 Netherlands 1.08 2010 up 44.0% volatile
28 Panama 1.07 2010 up 18.9% volatile
29 Bulgaria 1.05 2010 up 18.0% volatile
30 Iceland 1.02 2010 up 43.7% volatile
31 France 1 2010 up 92.3% volatile
32 Kazakhstan 0.97 2010 up 36.6% volatile
33 Poland 0.96 2010 up 113.3% volatile
34 Hungary 0.94 2010 up 44.6% volatile
35 United Arab Emirates 0.88 2010 up 41.9% volatile
36 Germany 0.82 2010 up 18.8% volatile
36 Mongolia 0.82 2010 up 34.4% volatile
38 Croatia 0.81 2010 up 88.4% volatile
39 Armenia 0.8 2010 up 15.9% rising
40 Colombia 0.79 2010 up 102.6% volatile
41 Hong Kong 0.78 2010 up 105.3% volatile
42 Peru 0.77 2010 down 12.5% volatile
43 Costa Rica 0.76 2010 up 16.9% volatile
44 Latvia 0.75 2010 down 7.4% volatile
45 Gabon 0.68 2010 up 28.3% volatile
45 Malta 0.68 2010 up 423.1% volatile
47 Philippines 0.67 2010 up 9.8% rising
48 Serbia 0.66 2010 up 17.9% volatile
49 Mexico 0.64 2010 up 52.4% volatile
50 Austria 0.63 2010 up 70.3% volatile
50 Chile 0.63 2010 up 10.5% volatile
50 Jamaica 0.63 2010 up 6.8% volatile
53 Kyrgyzstan 0.62 2010 up 3.3% volatile
54 Bolivia 0.61 2010 up 56.4% volatile
54 Moldova 0.61 2010 up 19.6% volatile
56 Italy 0.6 2010 up 46.3% volatile
56 Sri Lanka 0.6 2010 up 3.4% volatile
58 Slovakia 0.59 2010 up 43.9% volatile
59 Czechia 0.55 2010 up 37.5% volatile
59 Portugal 0.55 2010 up 48.6% volatile
61 Venezuela 0.54 2010 up 28.6% volatile
62 Paraguay 0.53 2010 up 140.9% volatile
63 Macao 0.52 2010 up 116.7% volatile
64 Brazil 0.48 2010 up 54.8% volatile
64 Romania 0.48 2010 up 45.5% volatile
64 Saudi Arabia 0.48 2010 up 92.0% volatile
67 Nicaragua 0.46 2010 up 17.9% volatile
68 Cuba 0.44 2010 down 6.4% volatile
69 Argentina 0.43 2010 down 14.0% volatile
69 Ecuador 0.43 2010 down 31.7% volatile
69 Iran 0.43 2010 up 104.8% volatile
69 Thailand 0.43 2010 up 138.9% volatile
73 Dominican Republic 0.41 2010 up 13.9% volatile
73 Malaysia 0.41 2010 up 115.8% volatile
73 Uruguay 0.41 2010 up 86.4% volatile
76 Kuwait 0.4 2010 down 13.0% volatile
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.39 2010 up 105.3% volatile
78 Bahrain 0.38 2010 down 35.6% volatile
79 Iraq 0.36 2010 up 71.4% volatile
80 Fiji 0.32 2010 up 28.0% volatile
81 Turkey 0.3 2010 up 50.0% volatile
82 Tunisia 0.29 2010 up 163.6% volatile
83 Indonesia 0.27 2010 up 285.7% volatile
83 Morocco 0.27 2010 up 107.7% volatile
85 Jordan 0.26 2010 up 23.8% volatile
85 Kenya 0.26 2010 up 160.0% volatile
87 El Salvador 0.24 2010 down 4.0% volatile
88 Belize 0.23 2010 unchanged volatile
89 Brunei 0.22 2010 up 83.3% volatile
89 Tajikistan 0.22 2010 down 12.0% rising
91 Algeria 0.2 2010 up 122.2% volatile
92 Honduras 0.19 2010 up 18.8% volatile
92 Tonga 0.19 2010 down 44.1% volatile
94 India 0.17 2010 up 41.7% volatile
94 Laos 0.17 2010 up 70.0% volatile
94 Syria 0.17 2010 up 112.5% volatile
97 Vietnam 0.16 2010 up 77.8% volatile
98 Libya 0.14 2010 down 54.8% volatile
99 Bangladesh 0.13 2010 up 8.3% volatile
99 Namibia 0.13 2010 down 13.3% rising
99 South Africa 0.13 2010 down 35.0% volatile
102 Afghanistan 0.12 2010 up 20.0% volatile
102 Pakistan 0.12 2010 down 7.7% volatile
104 Liberia 0.11 2010 up 57.1% volatile
105 Botswana 0.1 2010 down 28.6% volatile
105 China 0.1 2010 up 11.1% volatile
105 Egypt 0.1 2010 down 9.1% volatile
105 Myanmar 0.1 2010 down 9.1% volatile
109 Cote d'Ivoire 0.09 2010 unchanged volatile
109 Mauritius 0.09 2010 up 80.0% volatile
111 Lesotho 0.08 2010 up 33.3% volatile
111 Mali 0.08 2010 up 700.0% volatile
111 Uganda 0.08 2010 down 27.3% volatile
114 Albania 0.06 2010 down 70.0% volatile
114 Nepal 0.06 2010 up 100.0% volatile
114 Sudan 0.06 2010 up 200.0% volatile
114 Yemen 0.06 2010 — volatile
118 Congo 0.05 2010 down 37.5% volatile
118 Ghana 0.05 2010 down 44.4% volatile
118 Haiti 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
118 Senegal 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
122 Barbados 0.04 2010 down 20.0% volatile
122 Gambia 0.04 2010 down 20.0% volatile
122 Zambia 0.04 2010 down 42.9% volatile
122 Zimbabwe 0.04 2010 unchanged flat
126 Benin 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
126 Central African Republic 0.03 2010 down 25.0% volatile
126 Maldives 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
126 Tanzania 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Cambodia 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
130 Mauritania 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Sierra Leone 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
135 Burundi 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
135 Guyana 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
135 Mozambique 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
135 Malawi 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
135 Niger 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
135 Rwanda 0.01 2010 — volatile
135 Togo 0.01 2010 down 75.0% volatile
142 Cameroon 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Eswatini 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, 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, 40-44, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 40-44.