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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 50-54, female by country

Average years of tertiary schooling, 50-54, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 50-54.

Countries reporting
143
Highest
1.88
Russia
Lowest
0
Eswatini
Median
0.33
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 50-54, female is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 1.88 in Russia; the lowest is 0 in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.33, and the mean is 0.4443.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 50-54, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 1.88 2010 up 17.5% volatile
2 Ukraine 1.77 2010 up 7.3% volatile
3 United States 1.76 2010 up 2.9% rising
4 Canada 1.6 2010 up 88.2% volatile
5 Estonia 1.55 2010 up 23.0% volatile
6 Israel 1.51 2010 up 11.9% volatile
7 Ireland 1.45 2010 up 145.8% volatile
8 New Zealand 1.39 2010 up 11.2% volatile
9 Japan 1.33 2010 up 95.6% volatile
10 Australia 1.22 2010 up 52.5% volatile
10 Finland 1.22 2010 up 29.8% volatile
12 Lithuania 1.17 2010 up 72.1% volatile
13 Denmark 1.14 2010 up 72.7% volatile
14 Sweden 1.11 2010 up 26.1% volatile
15 Greece 1.08 2010 up 140.0% volatile
16 Norway 1.05 2010 up 54.4% volatile
17 Belgium 1.01 2010 up 48.5% volatile
18 Qatar 0.99 2010 up 130.2% volatile
19 Cyprus 0.97 2010 up 76.4% volatile
20 Bulgaria 0.93 2010 up 40.9% volatile
20 Panama 0.93 2010 up 20.8% volatile
22 Switzerland 0.9 2010 up 143.2% volatile
23 United Kingdom 0.89 2010 up 32.8% volatile
24 Netherlands 0.88 2010 up 37.5% volatile
25 Kazakhstan 0.86 2010 up 22.9% volatile
26 Slovenia 0.83 2010 up 59.6% volatile
27 Mongolia 0.82 2010 up 57.7% volatile
28 Latvia 0.8 2010 up 25.0% volatile
29 Spain 0.77 2010 up 113.9% volatile
30 Hungary 0.75 2010 up 41.5% volatile
31 United Arab Emirates 0.74 2010 up 72.1% volatile
31 Germany 0.74 2010 up 48.0% volatile
33 Luxembourg 0.72 2010 up 60.0% volatile
34 Iceland 0.71 2010 up 208.7% volatile
35 Peru 0.69 2010 up 16.9% volatile
36 Armenia 0.68 2010 down 16.0% rising
37 Costa Rica 0.67 2010 up 36.7% volatile
38 Philippines 0.65 2010 up 6.6% rising
39 Kyrgyzstan 0.64 2010 down 3.0% volatile
40 France 0.63 2010 up 57.5% volatile
40 South Korea 0.63 2010 up 110.0% volatile
42 Colombia 0.62 2010 up 210.0% volatile
43 Serbia 0.61 2010 up 32.6% volatile
44 Croatia 0.6 2010 up 57.9% volatile
44 Poland 0.6 2010 up 62.2% volatile
46 Jamaica 0.58 2010 up 20.8% volatile
46 Singapore 0.58 2010 up 132.0% volatile
48 Moldova 0.56 2010 up 3.7% volatile
48 Mexico 0.56 2010 up 143.5% volatile
50 Slovakia 0.55 2010 up 77.4% volatile
51 Gabon 0.53 2010 up 165.0% volatile
52 Chile 0.52 2010 up 79.3% volatile
53 Bolivia 0.51 2010 up 59.4% volatile
54 Austria 0.5 2010 up 108.3% volatile
55 Cuba 0.47 2010 up 20.5% volatile
55 Czechia 0.47 2010 up 88.0% volatile
57 Brazil 0.45 2010 up 80.0% volatile
58 Kuwait 0.44 2010 up 25.7% volatile
59 Uruguay 0.43 2010 up 104.8% volatile
60 Sri Lanka 0.42 2010 up 35.5% volatile
60 Venezuela 0.42 2010 up 27.3% volatile
62 Argentina 0.41 2010 down 4.7% volatile
63 Italy 0.4 2010 up 17.6% volatile
64 Ecuador 0.38 2010 down 17.4% volatile
64 Nicaragua 0.38 2010 up 111.1% volatile
66 Hong Kong 0.37 2010 up 68.2% volatile
67 Bahrain 0.35 2010 down 22.2% volatile
67 Dominican Republic 0.35 2010 up 2.9% volatile
67 Thailand 0.35 2010 up 288.9% volatile
70 Portugal 0.34 2010 up 41.7% volatile
70 Romania 0.34 2010 up 17.2% volatile
72 Iran 0.33 2010 up 57.1% volatile
73 Libya 0.31 2010 up 34.8% volatile
74 Paraguay 0.3 2010 up 36.4% volatile
75 Trinidad and Tobago 0.29 2010 up 38.1% volatile
76 Malaysia 0.25 2010 up 150.0% volatile
76 Saudi Arabia 0.25 2010 up 257.1% volatile
78 Fiji 0.24 2010 up 26.3% volatile
78 Tajikistan 0.24 2010 down 17.2% volatile
80 El Salvador 0.23 2010 up 76.9% volatile
81 Iraq 0.21 2010 up 162.5% volatile
82 Jordan 0.2 2010 up 33.3% volatile
83 Honduras 0.19 2010 up 72.7% volatile
83 Indonesia 0.19 2010 up 171.4% volatile
83 Macao 0.19 2010 up 5.6% volatile
83 Turkey 0.19 2010 up 58.3% volatile
87 Belize 0.18 2010 down 18.2% volatile
88 Tonga 0.17 2010 down 19.0% volatile
89 South Africa 0.16 2010 unchanged volatile
90 Kenya 0.15 2010 up 275.0% volatile
90 Namibia 0.15 2010 up 50.0% rising
92 Tunisia 0.14 2010 up 133.3% volatile
93 Botswana 0.13 2010 up 30.0% volatile
93 Morocco 0.13 2010 up 85.7% volatile
93 Malta 0.13 2010 down 35.0% volatile
93 Syria 0.13 2010 up 85.7% volatile
97 Bangladesh 0.12 2010 down 7.7% volatile
97 Brunei 0.12 2010 down 66.7% volatile
97 India 0.12 2010 up 33.3% volatile
100 Egypt 0.11 2010 up 83.3% volatile
100 Mali 0.11 2010 — volatile
102 Laos 0.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
102 Myanmar 0.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
102 Vietnam 0.1 2010 unchanged volatile
105 Afghanistan 0.09 2010 up 125.0% volatile
105 Cote d'Ivoire 0.09 2010 up 125.0% volatile
105 Algeria 0.09 2010 up 200.0% volatile
105 Liberia 0.09 2010 up 200.0% volatile
105 Pakistan 0.09 2010 up 28.6% volatile
110 Congo 0.08 2010 up 166.7% volatile
111 Lesotho 0.07 2010 up 133.3% volatile
111 Mauritius 0.07 2010 up 75.0% volatile
111 Zambia 0.07 2010 up 250.0% volatile
114 Barbados 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
114 China 0.05 2010 unchanged volatile
114 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 50.0% volatile
117 Senegal 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
117 Togo 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
117 Zimbabwe 0.04 2010 up 33.3% rising
122 Benin 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
122 Nepal 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
122 Tanzania 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
122 Uganda 0.03 2010 down 62.5% volatile
126 Albania 0.02 2010 down 92.0% volatile
126 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.02 2010 — volatile
126 Haiti 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
126 Mauritania 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
126 Papua New Guinea 0.02 2010 — volatile
126 Sudan 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
132 Burundi 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
132 Cameroon 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
132 Guyana 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
132 Cambodia 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
132 Maldives 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
132 Mozambique 0.01 2010 — volatile
132 Malawi 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
132 Niger 0.01 2010 — volatile
132 Sierra Leone 0.01 2010 unchanged 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 50-54, 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, 50-54, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 50-54.