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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.79
Russia
Lowest
0
Eswatini
Median
0.355
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 50-54, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.79 in Russia; the lowest is 0 in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.355, and the mean is 0.4617.

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 800.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 1.79 2010 up 15.5% volatile
2 United States 1.72 2010 down 1.7% rising
3 Ukraine 1.56 2010 up 2.0% volatile
4 Canada 1.52 2010 up 65.2% volatile
5 Israel 1.48 2010 up 7.2% volatile
6 Ireland 1.4 2010 up 125.8% volatile
7 Japan 1.38 2010 up 68.3% volatile
8 Estonia 1.27 2010 up 13.4% volatile
9 Switzerland 1.18 2010 up 81.5% volatile
10 Australia 1.17 2010 up 42.7% rising
11 Greece 1.16 2010 up 103.5% volatile
11 New Zealand 1.16 2010 down 7.9% volatile
13 Finland 1.1 2010 up 19.6% volatile
14 Cyprus 1.07 2010 up 42.7% volatile
15 Belgium 1.03 2010 up 33.8% volatile
15 Denmark 1.03 2010 up 25.6% volatile
17 Netherlands 1.01 2010 up 26.2% volatile
18 Lithuania 0.99 2010 up 52.3% volatile
19 Korea 0.97 2010 up 76.4% volatile
20 Luxembourg 0.93 2010 up 63.2% volatile
20 Norway 0.93 2010 up 22.4% volatile
20 Sweden 0.93 2010 up 12.0% volatile
23 United Kingdom 0.91 2010 up 21.3% volatile
24 Germany 0.89 2010 up 20.3% volatile
25 Panama 0.85 2010 up 13.3% volatile
26 Spain 0.84 2010 up 75.0% volatile
27 Bulgaria 0.82 2010 up 30.2% volatile
27 Kazakhstan 0.82 2010 up 15.5% volatile
29 Mongolia 0.78 2010 up 21.9% volatile
30 United Arab Emirates 0.76 2010 up 5.6% volatile
30 Peru 0.76 2010 up 2.7% volatile
32 Singapore 0.75 2010 up 108.3% volatile
33 Slovenia 0.74 2010 up 37.0% volatile
34 Qatar 0.72 2010 up 16.1% volatile
35 Armenia 0.71 2010 down 17.4% rising
35 Iceland 0.71 2010 up 108.8% volatile
37 Latvia 0.7 2010 up 12.9% volatile
38 Costa Rica 0.69 2010 up 30.2% volatile
38 Hungary 0.69 2010 up 23.2% volatile
40 Colombia 0.66 2010 up 135.7% volatile
40 Mexico 0.66 2010 up 73.7% volatile
42 France 0.64 2010 up 42.2% volatile
43 Austria 0.62 2010 up 63.2% volatile
43 Kyrgyzstan 0.62 2010 down 8.8% volatile
45 Croatia 0.6 2010 up 46.3% volatile
45 Philippines 0.6 2010 unchanged rising
47 Serbia 0.58 2010 up 7.4% volatile
48 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.56 2010 up 36.6% volatile
49 Chile 0.52 2010 up 40.5% volatile
49 Czechia 0.52 2010 up 57.6% volatile
49 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.52 2010 up 57.6% volatile
49 Poland 0.52 2010 up 33.3% volatile
53 Republic of Moldova 0.51 2010 down 8.9% volatile
54 Slovak Republic 0.5 2010 up 31.6% volatile
55 Hong Kong, China 0.48 2010 up 54.8% volatile
55 Jamaica 0.48 2010 up 14.3% volatile
57 Cuba 0.45 2010 up 4.7% volatile
58 Jordan 0.44 2010 up 2.3% volatile
58 Nicaragua 0.44 2010 up 51.7% volatile
58 Saudi Arabia 0.44 2010 up 83.3% rising
61 Sri Lanka 0.43 2010 up 22.9% volatile
61 Tajikistan 0.43 2010 down 20.4% volatile
63 Brazil 0.4 2010 up 53.8% volatile
63 Ecuador 0.4 2010 down 16.7% volatile
63 Italy 0.4 2010 up 11.1% volatile
66 Gabon 0.38 2010 up 216.7% volatile
66 Kuwait 0.38 2010 down 28.3% volatile
66 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.38 2010 up 11.8% volatile
69 Bahrain 0.37 2010 down 42.2% volatile
69 Romania 0.37 2010 up 2.8% volatile
69 Thailand 0.37 2010 up 208.3% volatile
72 Argentina 0.36 2010 down 2.7% rising
73 Uruguay 0.35 2010 down 2.8% rising
74 Dominican Republic 0.32 2010 up 3.2% volatile
74 Malaysia 0.32 2010 up 88.2% volatile
76 Iraq 0.31 2010 up 93.8% volatile
76 Paraguay 0.31 2010 up 29.2% volatile
78 Afghanistan 0.3 2010 up 25.0% volatile
78 Fiji 0.3 2010 up 20.0% volatile
80 Türkiye 0.29 2010 up 26.1% volatile
81 India 0.28 2010 up 12.0% volatile
81 Kenya 0.28 2010 up 300.0% volatile
81 Portugal 0.28 2010 up 7.7% volatile
81 Trinidad and Tobago 0.28 2010 up 21.7% volatile
85 El Salvador 0.26 2010 up 30.0% volatile
86 Morocco 0.25 2010 up 150.0% volatile
86 Tunisia 0.25 2010 up 56.2% volatile
88 Egypt 0.24 2010 up 41.2% volatile
88 Indonesia 0.24 2010 up 140.0% volatile
88 Malta 0.24 2010 down 11.1% rising
88 Syrian Arab Republic 0.24 2010 down 4.0% volatile
92 Liberia 0.23 2010 up 155.6% volatile
92 Myanmar 0.23 2010 up 27.8% volatile
94 Macau, China 0.22 2010 up 15.8% volatile
94 Tonga 0.22 2010 down 31.2% volatile
96 Belize 0.2 2010 down 23.1% rising
96 Honduras 0.2 2010 up 33.3% volatile
98 Congo 0.19 2010 up 171.4% volatile
98 Algeria 0.19 2010 up 90.0% volatile
98 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.19 2010 up 72.7% volatile
98 Pakistan 0.19 2010 up 5.6% volatile
102 Botswana 0.17 2010 unchanged volatile
102 Libya 0.17 2010 up 41.7% volatile
102 Viet Nam 0.17 2010 up 13.3% volatile
102 South Africa 0.17 2010 down 5.6% volatile
106 Côte d'Ivoire 0.16 2010 up 45.5% volatile
107 Bangladesh 0.14 2010 down 6.7% volatile
107 Namibia 0.14 2010 up 27.3% rising
109 Nepal 0.13 2010 up 44.4% volatile
109 Zambia 0.13 2010 up 116.7% volatile
111 Brunei Darussalam 0.12 2010 down 72.1% volatile
111 Mauritius 0.12 2010 up 33.3% volatile
113 Togo 0.11 2010 up 22.2% volatile
114 Central African Republic 0.1 2010 up 11.1% volatile
115 Benin 0.09 2010 unchanged volatile
115 Ghana 0.09 2010 down 35.7% volatile
115 Gambia 0.09 2010 up 12.5% volatile
115 Mali 0.09 2010 up 800.0% volatile
115 Senegal 0.09 2010 up 125.0% volatile
120 Mauritania 0.08 2010 up 60.0% volatile
120 Zimbabwe 0.08 2010 up 60.0% rising
122 China (People’s Republic of) 0.07 2010 down 30.0% volatile
122 Lesotho 0.07 2010 up 75.0% volatile
122 Uganda 0.07 2010 down 56.2% volatile
125 Barbados 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
125 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
125 Papua New Guinea 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
125 Sudan 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
125 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
130 Albania 0.03 2010 down 91.9% volatile
130 Burundi 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
130 Cambodia 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
130 Maldives 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
134 Cameroon 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
134 Haiti 0.02 2010 down 50.0% rising
134 Mozambique 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
134 Malawi 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
134 Niger 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
134 Sierra Leone 0.02 2010 up 100.0% rising
134 Yemen 0.02 2010 — volatile
141 Guyana 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
141 Rwanda 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 50-54, 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, 50-54, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 50-54.