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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.9
Russian Federation
Lowest
0
Eswatini
Median
0.37
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.9 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.37, and the mean is 0.4719.

Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 366.7%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 1.9 2010 up 20.3% volatile
2 United States of America 1.79 2010 up 2.3% rising
3 Ukraine 1.56 2010 up 2.0% volatile
4 Canada 1.52 2010 up 65.2% volatile
5 Israel 1.49 2010 up 5.7% rising
6 Ireland 1.4 2010 up 84.2% volatile
6 Republic of Korea 1.4 2010 up 109.0% volatile
8 Japan 1.39 2010 up 69.5% volatile
9 Estonia 1.27 2010 up 13.4% volatile
10 Switzerland 1.19 2010 up 70.0% rising
11 Australia 1.17 2010 up 24.5% rising
12 Greece 1.16 2010 up 63.4% volatile
12 New Zealand 1.16 2010 down 7.9% volatile
14 Singapore 1.11 2010 up 158.1% volatile
15 Cyprus 1.07 2010 up 13.8% volatile
15 Finland 1.07 2010 up 21.6% volatile
17 Belgium 1.03 2010 up 21.2% volatile
17 Denmark 1.03 2010 up 17.0% volatile
19 Netherlands 1.01 2010 up 26.2% volatile
20 Lithuania 0.98 2010 up 36.1% volatile
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.95 2010 up 11.8% volatile
22 Luxembourg 0.94 2010 up 59.3% volatile
22 Sweden 0.94 2010 down 1.1% volatile
24 Norway 0.93 2010 up 9.4% volatile
25 Germany 0.89 2010 up 8.5% volatile
26 Kazakhstan 0.86 2010 up 21.1% volatile
27 Panama 0.85 2010 up 13.3% volatile
28 Spain 0.84 2010 up 37.7% volatile
29 Bulgaria 0.81 2010 up 5.2% volatile
30 Mongolia 0.77 2010 up 20.3% volatile
31 Peru 0.75 2010 down 21.9% volatile
32 Slovenia 0.74 2010 up 42.3% volatile
33 Iceland 0.72 2010 up 33.3% volatile
33 Qatar 0.72 2010 up 20.0% volatile
35 Armenia 0.7 2010 down 18.6% rising
36 Costa Rica 0.69 2010 up 9.5% volatile
36 Hungary 0.69 2010 up 25.5% volatile
38 Colombia 0.66 2010 up 50.0% volatile
38 Latvia 0.66 2010 down 2.9% rising
38 Mexico 0.66 2010 up 73.7% volatile
41 United Arab Emirates 0.65 2010 up 12.1% volatile
42 France 0.64 2010 up 25.5% volatile
43 Austria 0.62 2010 up 37.8% volatile
43 Kyrgyzstan 0.62 2010 down 8.8% rising
45 Croatia 0.6 2010 up 46.3% volatile
45 Philippines 0.6 2010 unchanged rising
47 Serbia 0.58 2010 up 13.7% volatile
48 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.56 2010 up 36.6% volatile
49 Czechia 0.52 2010 up 33.3% volatile
49 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.52 2010 up 33.3% volatile
49 Poland 0.52 2010 up 33.3% rising
52 Chile 0.51 2010 down 17.7% volatile
52 Gabon 0.51 2010 up 34.2% volatile
52 Saudi Arabia 0.51 2010 up 15.9% rising
55 Republic of Moldova 0.5 2010 down 2.0% volatile
55 Slovakia 0.5 2010 up 16.3% volatile
57 Hong Kong, China 0.48 2010 up 33.3% volatile
57 Nicaragua 0.48 2010 up 23.1% volatile
59 Jamaica 0.47 2010 down 6.0% volatile
60 Cuba 0.45 2010 up 4.7% volatile
61 Sri Lanka 0.43 2010 up 22.9% volatile
61 Tajikistan 0.43 2010 down 20.4% volatile
63 Jordan 0.42 2010 down 2.3% volatile
64 Brazil 0.4 2010 up 29.0% volatile
64 Ecuador 0.4 2010 down 16.7% volatile
64 Italy 0.4 2010 up 8.1% volatile
64 Thailand 0.4 2010 up 166.7% volatile
68 Malta 0.39 2010 up 34.5% rising
69 Iraq 0.38 2010 up 31.0% volatile
69 Kuwait 0.38 2010 down 22.4% volatile
69 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.38 2010 up 11.8% volatile
72 Argentina 0.37 2010 up 8.8% rising
72 Fiji 0.37 2010 up 15.6% volatile
72 Romania 0.37 2010 up 2.8% volatile
75 Macau (China) 0.36 2010 up 89.5% volatile
76 Bahrain 0.35 2010 down 45.3% volatile
77 Morocco 0.34 2010 up 112.5% volatile
78 Uruguay 0.33 2010 down 21.4% rising
79 Dominican Republic 0.32 2010 up 3.2% volatile
79 Malaysia 0.32 2010 up 88.2% volatile
81 Afghanistan 0.31 2010 up 29.2% volatile
81 Paraguay 0.31 2010 up 29.2% volatile
83 India 0.29 2010 up 7.4% volatile
83 Türkiye 0.29 2010 down 9.4% volatile
85 Kenya 0.28 2010 up 366.7% volatile
85 Trinidad and Tobago 0.28 2010 up 21.7% volatile
87 Portugal 0.27 2010 down 18.2% volatile
88 El Salvador 0.26 2010 down 16.1% volatile
89 Algeria 0.25 2010 up 56.2% volatile
89 Tunisia 0.25 2010 up 25.0% volatile
91 Indonesia 0.24 2010 up 140.0% volatile
91 Syrian Arab Republic 0.24 2010 down 4.0% volatile
93 Liberia 0.23 2010 up 64.3% volatile
93 Myanmar 0.23 2010 up 27.8% volatile
95 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.22 2010 up 46.7% volatile
95 Tonga 0.22 2010 down 45.0% volatile
97 Belize 0.2 2010 down 23.1% rising
97 Honduras 0.2 2010 up 17.6% volatile
99 Pakistan 0.19 2010 down 17.4% volatile
99 Viet Nam 0.19 2010 up 26.7% volatile
101 Côte d'Ivoire 0.18 2010 up 28.6% volatile
102 Botswana 0.17 2010 unchanged volatile
102 South Africa 0.17 2010 unchanged volatile
104 Bangladesh 0.14 2010 down 6.7% volatile
104 Brunei Darussalam 0.14 2010 down 67.4% volatile
104 Namibia 0.14 2010 up 27.3% rising
104 Nepal 0.14 2010 up 27.3% volatile
108 Zambia 0.13 2010 unchanged volatile
109 Egypt 0.12 2010 down 50.0% volatile
110 Togo 0.11 2010 up 37.5% volatile
111 Central African Republic 0.1 2010 up 11.1% volatile
111 Congo 0.1 2010 down 47.4% volatile
113 Benin 0.09 2010 unchanged volatile
113 Ghana 0.09 2010 down 55.0% volatile
113 Gambia 0.09 2010 up 12.5% volatile
113 Mali 0.09 2010 up 350.0% volatile
113 Mauritius 0.09 2010 unchanged rising
113 Senegal 0.09 2010 up 80.0% volatile
119 Mauritania 0.08 2010 up 60.0% volatile
119 Zimbabwe 0.08 2010 up 60.0% rising
121 China 0.07 2010 down 36.4% volatile
121 Lesotho 0.07 2010 up 75.0% volatile
121 Uganda 0.07 2010 down 56.2% volatile
124 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.05 2010 up 25.0% volatile
124 Libya 0.05 2010 down 70.6% volatile
124 Sierra Leone 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
124 Yemen 0.05 2010 — volatile
128 Barbados 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
128 Cameroon 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
128 Maldives 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
128 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
132 Albania 0.03 2010 down 91.9% volatile
132 Burundi 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
132 Cambodia 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
132 Niger 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
132 Papua New Guinea 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
137 Haiti 0.02 2010 unchanged rising
137 Mozambique 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
137 Malawi 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
140 Guyana 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
140 Rwanda 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
140 Sudan 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 45-49, total
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, 45-49, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 45-49.