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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.98
Russian Federation
Lowest
0
Eswatini
Median
0.4
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.98 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4, and the mean is 0.5378.

Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 600.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 1.98 2010 up 20.0% volatile
2 United States of America 1.91 2010 up 13.0% rising
3 Canada 1.87 2010 up 101.1% volatile
3 Ireland 1.87 2010 up 114.9% volatile
5 Republic of Korea 1.76 2010 up 100.0% volatile
6 Singapore 1.65 2010 up 205.6% volatile
7 Israel 1.64 2010 up 21.5% rising
8 Japan 1.56 2010 up 11.4% volatile
9 Ukraine 1.53 2010 down 1.9% volatile
10 Switzerland 1.4 2010 up 84.2% volatile
10 Greece 1.4 2010 up 79.5% volatile
12 Luxembourg 1.39 2010 up 131.7% volatile
13 Australia 1.37 2010 up 44.2% rising
14 Belgium 1.33 2010 up 40.0% volatile
14 Cyprus 1.33 2010 up 20.9% volatile
16 New Zealand 1.26 2010 down 2.3% volatile
17 Denmark 1.23 2010 up 29.5% volatile
18 Finland 1.21 2010 up 13.1% volatile
19 Spain 1.19 2010 up 58.7% volatile
19 Estonia 1.19 2010 down 4.8% volatile
21 Sweden 1.17 2010 up 21.9% rising
22 Lithuania 1.14 2010 up 56.2% volatile
23 Netherlands 1.13 2010 up 31.4% volatile
23 Norway 1.13 2010 up 29.9% volatile
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.12 2010 up 34.9% volatile
26 France 0.99 2010 up 86.8% volatile
27 Germany 0.95 2010 up 14.5% volatile
27 Slovenia 0.95 2010 up 55.7% volatile
29 Panama 0.92 2010 up 9.5% volatile
30 Bulgaria 0.89 2010 up 15.6% rising
30 Hong Kong, China 0.89 2010 up 85.4% volatile
32 Kazakhstan 0.86 2010 up 32.3% volatile
33 Iceland 0.85 2010 up 19.7% volatile
34 Hungary 0.82 2010 up 39.0% rising
34 Poland 0.82 2010 up 100.0% volatile
36 Colombia 0.8 2010 up 81.8% volatile
36 Peru 0.8 2010 down 20.0% volatile
38 Costa Rica 0.77 2010 up 16.7% volatile
39 Armenia 0.76 2010 up 7.0% rising
40 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.71 2010 up 51.1% volatile
41 Austria 0.7 2010 up 59.1% volatile
41 Croatia 0.7 2010 up 66.7% volatile
41 Malta 0.7 2010 up 191.7% volatile
41 Mongolia 0.7 2010 up 20.7% volatile
45 Qatar 0.69 2010 up 16.9% rising
46 United Arab Emirates 0.65 2010 up 8.3% volatile
46 Mexico 0.65 2010 up 20.4% volatile
48 Chile 0.64 2010 up 3.2% volatile
49 Macau, China 0.6 2010 up 122.2% volatile
50 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.59 2010 up 73.5% volatile
50 Latvia 0.59 2010 down 15.7% rising
50 Philippines 0.59 2010 down 1.7% rising
53 Serbia 0.57 2010 up 1.8% volatile
54 Kyrgyzstan 0.55 2010 down 3.5% rising
55 Czechia 0.54 2010 up 20.0% rising
55 Sri Lanka 0.54 2010 up 1.9% volatile
57 Italy 0.53 2010 up 32.5% volatile
58 Republic of Moldova 0.52 2010 up 10.6% rising
58 Slovakia 0.52 2010 up 18.2% rising
60 Gabon 0.51 2010 up 34.2% volatile
60 Jamaica 0.51 2010 up 6.2% volatile
60 Saudi Arabia 0.51 2010 up 15.9% rising
63 Iraq 0.45 2010 up 45.2% volatile
63 Malaysia 0.45 2010 up 87.5% volatile
63 Romania 0.45 2010 up 25.0% rising
63 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.45 2010 up 15.4% volatile
67 Nicaragua 0.44 2010 down 12.0% volatile
68 Paraguay 0.43 2010 up 79.2% volatile
69 Brazil 0.41 2010 up 41.4% volatile
69 Morocco 0.41 2010 up 64.0% volatile
69 Portugal 0.41 2010 up 20.6% volatile
69 Thailand 0.41 2010 up 105.0% volatile
73 Ecuador 0.39 2010 down 39.1% volatile
73 Tunisia 0.39 2010 up 77.3% volatile
75 Cuba 0.38 2010 down 15.6% volatile
75 Türkiye 0.38 2010 up 18.8% volatile
77 Fiji 0.37 2010 up 19.4% volatile
78 Argentina 0.35 2010 down 7.9% rising
78 Trinidad and Tobago 0.35 2010 up 84.2% volatile
80 India 0.34 2010 up 21.4% volatile
80 Jordan 0.34 2010 down 10.5% volatile
80 Uruguay 0.34 2010 down 19.0% rising
83 Bahrain 0.33 2010 down 42.1% volatile
83 Tajikistan 0.33 2010 down 23.3% rising
85 Afghanistan 0.32 2010 up 6.7% volatile
85 Kenya 0.32 2010 up 68.4% volatile
87 Dominican Republic 0.31 2010 unchanged volatile
88 Indonesia 0.29 2010 up 190.0% volatile
89 El Salvador 0.27 2010 down 20.6% volatile
90 Kuwait 0.26 2010 down 40.9% rising
91 Algeria 0.25 2010 up 38.9% volatile
92 Pakistan 0.24 2010 down 4.0% volatile
93 Syrian Arab Republic 0.23 2010 up 27.8% volatile
94 Belize 0.22 2010 down 8.3% rising
94 Liberia 0.22 2010 up 37.5% volatile
94 Tonga 0.22 2010 down 45.0% volatile
97 Honduras 0.21 2010 up 16.7% volatile
98 Brunei Darussalam 0.2 2010 up 66.7% volatile
98 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2 2010 up 5.3% volatile
100 Libya 0.19 2010 up 11.8% volatile
100 Viet Nam 0.19 2010 up 58.3% volatile
102 Bangladesh 0.17 2010 up 21.4% volatile
102 Côte d'Ivoire 0.17 2010 up 6.2% volatile
102 Nepal 0.17 2010 up 30.8% volatile
105 Myanmar 0.15 2010 down 34.8% volatile
105 South Africa 0.15 2010 down 28.6% volatile
107 Mauritius 0.13 2010 up 62.5% rising
108 China 0.12 2010 down 7.7% volatile
108 Uganda 0.12 2010 down 33.3% volatile
110 Botswana 0.11 2010 down 35.3% volatile
110 Namibia 0.11 2010 down 21.4% rising
112 Ghana 0.1 2010 down 33.3% volatile
112 Senegal 0.1 2010 up 66.7% volatile
114 Lesotho 0.09 2010 up 80.0% volatile
115 Cameroon 0.08 2010 up 300.0% volatile
115 Congo 0.08 2010 down 57.9% volatile
117 Benin 0.07 2010 down 22.2% volatile
117 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.07 2010 up 75.0% volatile
117 Gambia 0.07 2010 down 22.2% volatile
117 Cambodia 0.07 2010 up 600.0% volatile
117 Mauritania 0.07 2010 down 12.5% volatile
117 Yemen 0.07 2010 up 250.0% volatile
123 Albania 0.06 2010 down 75.0% volatile
123 Egypt 0.06 2010 down 75.0% volatile
123 Maldives 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
123 Mali 0.06 2010 up 200.0% volatile
123 Zimbabwe 0.06 2010 down 25.0% rising
128 Central African Republic 0.05 2010 down 50.0% volatile
128 Sudan 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
130 Barbados 0.04 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Haiti 0.04 2010 up 100.0% rising
130 Niger 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 0.04 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Sierra Leone 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
130 Togo 0.04 2010 down 55.6% volatile
130 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.04 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Zambia 0.04 2010 down 69.2% volatile
138 Mozambique 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Malawi 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Rwanda 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
141 Burundi 0.01 2010 down 66.7% volatile
141 Guyana 0.01 2010 unchanged 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 40-44, 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, 40-44, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 40-44.