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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, female by country

Average years of tertiary schooling, 45-49, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 45-49.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.99
Russia
Lowest
0
Eswatini
Median
0.335
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.99 in Russia; the lowest is 0 in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.335, and the mean is 0.4575.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 1.99 2010 up 18.5% volatile
2 United States 1.86 2010 up 8.8% rising
3 Ukraine 1.77 2010 up 7.3% volatile
4 Canada 1.6 2010 up 88.2% volatile
5 Estonia 1.55 2010 up 24.0% volatile
6 Israel 1.52 2010 up 6.3% volatile
7 Ireland 1.46 2010 up 92.1% volatile
8 New Zealand 1.39 2010 up 11.2% volatile
9 Japan 1.34 2010 up 97.1% volatile
10 Australia 1.23 2010 up 28.1% volatile
11 Finland 1.17 2010 up 31.5% volatile
11 Lithuania 1.17 2010 up 48.1% volatile
13 Denmark 1.15 2010 up 30.7% volatile
14 Sweden 1.11 2010 up 4.7% volatile
15 Greece 1.08 2010 up 80.0% volatile
16 South Korea 1.05 2010 up 162.5% volatile
16 Norway 1.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
18 Belgium 1.02 2010 up 30.8% volatile
19 Qatar 0.99 2010 up 50.0% volatile
20 Cyprus 0.97 2010 up 21.2% volatile
21 Kazakhstan 0.95 2010 up 35.7% volatile
22 United Kingdom 0.94 2010 up 19.0% volatile
23 Panama 0.93 2010 up 20.8% volatile
23 Singapore 0.93 2010 up 190.6% volatile
25 Bulgaria 0.91 2010 up 4.6% volatile
25 Switzerland 0.91 2010 up 111.6% volatile
27 Netherlands 0.88 2010 up 37.5% volatile
28 United Arab Emirates 0.87 2010 up 50.0% volatile
28 Mongolia 0.87 2010 up 67.3% volatile
30 Iceland 0.84 2010 up 95.3% volatile
31 Slovenia 0.83 2010 up 48.2% volatile
32 Latvia 0.78 2010 up 4.0% volatile
33 Spain 0.77 2010 up 48.1% volatile
34 Germany 0.75 2010 up 19.0% volatile
34 Hungary 0.75 2010 up 41.5% volatile
36 Luxembourg 0.72 2010 up 46.9% volatile
37 Peru 0.69 2010 down 16.9% volatile
38 Armenia 0.68 2010 down 16.0% rising
39 Costa Rica 0.67 2010 up 9.8% volatile
39 Gabon 0.67 2010 up 26.4% volatile
41 Philippines 0.65 2010 up 6.6% rising
42 Kyrgyzstan 0.64 2010 down 4.5% volatile
43 France 0.63 2010 up 28.6% volatile
44 Colombia 0.62 2010 up 59.0% volatile
45 Serbia 0.61 2010 up 29.8% volatile
46 Croatia 0.6 2010 up 57.9% volatile
46 Poland 0.6 2010 up 50.0% volatile
48 Jamaica 0.57 2010 down 1.7% volatile
49 Moldova 0.56 2010 up 12.0% volatile
49 Mexico 0.56 2010 up 143.5% volatile
51 Slovakia 0.55 2010 up 41.0% volatile
52 Austria 0.51 2010 up 37.8% volatile
52 Bolivia 0.51 2010 up 59.4% volatile
52 Chile 0.51 2010 down 10.5% volatile
55 Cuba 0.47 2010 up 20.5% volatile
55 Czechia 0.47 2010 up 51.6% volatile
55 Saudi Arabia 0.47 2010 up 88.0% volatile
58 Argentina 0.45 2010 up 12.5% volatile
58 Brazil 0.45 2010 up 40.6% volatile
58 Nicaragua 0.45 2010 up 60.7% volatile
61 Kuwait 0.44 2010 down 4.3% volatile
62 Sri Lanka 0.42 2010 up 35.5% volatile
62 Venezuela 0.42 2010 up 27.3% volatile
64 Italy 0.4 2010 up 17.6% volatile
64 Thailand 0.4 2010 up 233.3% volatile
64 Uruguay 0.4 2010 up 81.8% volatile
67 Bahrain 0.38 2010 down 33.3% volatile
67 Ecuador 0.38 2010 down 17.4% volatile
69 Hong Kong 0.37 2010 up 37.0% volatile
70 Dominican Republic 0.35 2010 up 2.9% volatile
71 Portugal 0.34 2010 up 6.2% volatile
71 Romania 0.34 2010 up 13.3% volatile
73 Iran 0.33 2010 up 37.5% volatile
74 Fiji 0.31 2010 up 24.0% volatile
75 Paraguay 0.3 2010 up 36.4% volatile
76 Macao 0.29 2010 up 61.1% volatile
76 Malta 0.29 2010 up 31.8% volatile
76 Trinidad and Tobago 0.29 2010 up 38.1% volatile
79 Iraq 0.28 2010 up 47.4% volatile
80 Malaysia 0.25 2010 up 150.0% volatile
81 Tajikistan 0.24 2010 down 17.2% volatile
82 El Salvador 0.23 2010 up 15.0% volatile
83 Turkey 0.2 2010 unchanged volatile
84 Algeria 0.19 2010 up 137.5% volatile
84 Honduras 0.19 2010 up 35.7% volatile
84 Indonesia 0.19 2010 up 171.4% volatile
84 Jordan 0.19 2010 unchanged volatile
84 Morocco 0.19 2010 up 111.1% volatile
89 Belize 0.18 2010 down 18.2% volatile
90 Tonga 0.17 2010 down 48.5% volatile
91 Brunei 0.16 2010 down 55.6% volatile
91 Laos 0.16 2010 up 166.7% volatile
91 South Africa 0.16 2010 up 6.7% volatile
94 Kenya 0.15 2010 up 275.0% volatile
94 Namibia 0.15 2010 up 50.0% rising
94 Vietnam 0.15 2010 up 50.0% volatile
97 Tunisia 0.14 2010 up 55.6% volatile
98 Botswana 0.13 2010 up 30.0% volatile
98 India 0.13 2010 up 18.2% volatile
98 Syria 0.13 2010 up 85.7% volatile
101 Bangladesh 0.12 2010 down 7.7% volatile
102 Mali 0.11 2010 up 1,000.0% volatile
103 Afghanistan 0.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
103 Cote d'Ivoire 0.1 2010 up 42.9% volatile
105 Egypt 0.09 2010 down 18.2% volatile
105 Liberia 0.09 2010 up 80.0% volatile
105 Myanmar 0.09 2010 down 10.0% volatile
105 Pakistan 0.09 2010 down 47.1% volatile
109 Libya 0.08 2010 down 74.2% volatile
110 Lesotho 0.07 2010 up 75.0% volatile
110 Zambia 0.07 2010 unchanged volatile
112 Mauritius 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
113 Barbados 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
113 China 0.05 2010 down 28.6% volatile
113 Congo 0.05 2010 down 37.5% volatile
113 Gambia 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
117 Central African Republic 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
117 Ghana 0.04 2010 down 69.2% volatile
117 Nepal 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
117 Senegal 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
117 Togo 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
117 Zimbabwe 0.04 2010 up 33.3% rising
123 Benin 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
123 Uganda 0.03 2010 down 62.5% volatile
125 Albania 0.02 2010 down 92.0% volatile
125 Haiti 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
125 Maldives 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
125 Mauritania 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
125 Tanzania 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
130 Burundi 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Guyana 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Cambodia 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Mozambique 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Malawi 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Niger 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 0.01 2010 — volatile
130 Sudan 0.01 2010 down 50.0% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Yemen 0.01 2010 — volatile
141 Cameroon 0 2010 — volatile
141 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Rwanda 0 2010 — volatile
141 Eswatini 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, 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, 45-49, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 45-49.