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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total by country

Average years of tertiary schooling, 55-59, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 55-59.

Countries reporting
143
Highest
1.77
United States
Lowest
0
Eswatini
Median
0.3
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 1.77 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3, and the mean is 0.4074.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 1.77 2010 up 9.3% rising
2 Russia 1.71 2010 up 9.6% volatile
3 Ukraine 1.52 2010 up 32.2% volatile
4 Israel 1.48 2010 up 9.6% volatile
5 Canada 1.36 2010 up 74.4% volatile
6 Estonia 1.19 2010 up 30.8% volatile
7 Ireland 1.04 2010 up 89.1% volatile
8 New Zealand 1.01 2010 down 1.0% volatile
9 Australia 0.99 2010 up 43.5% rising
9 Switzerland 0.99 2010 up 59.7% volatile
11 Denmark 0.92 2010 up 67.3% volatile
12 Finland 0.89 2010 up 11.2% volatile
12 Sweden 0.89 2010 up 8.5% volatile
14 Belgium 0.86 2010 up 26.5% volatile
14 Netherlands 0.86 2010 up 36.5% volatile
16 Armenia 0.85 2010 up 34.9% rising
17 Germany 0.84 2010 up 21.7% volatile
17 Luxembourg 0.84 2010 up 75.0% volatile
19 Norway 0.82 2010 up 20.6% volatile
20 Cyprus 0.81 2010 up 37.3% volatile
20 Greece 0.81 2010 up 88.4% volatile
20 Kazakhstan 0.81 2010 up 58.8% volatile
20 Lithuania 0.81 2010 up 47.3% volatile
24 Bulgaria 0.8 2010 up 33.3% volatile
25 Japan 0.77 2010 up 83.3% volatile
25 Qatar 0.77 2010 up 28.3% volatile
27 Mongolia 0.76 2010 up 46.2% volatile
28 United Arab Emirates 0.75 2010 up 5.6% volatile
29 United Kingdom 0.72 2010 up 18.0% volatile
30 Korea 0.7 2010 up 59.1% volatile
31 Costa Rica 0.68 2010 up 54.5% volatile
31 Kyrgyzstan 0.68 2010 up 28.3% volatile
33 Latvia 0.67 2010 up 31.4% volatile
34 Hungary 0.63 2010 up 37.0% volatile
34 Panama 0.63 2010 up 18.9% volatile
36 Peru 0.61 2010 down 9.0% volatile
37 Spain 0.59 2010 up 59.5% volatile
38 Croatia 0.58 2010 up 81.2% volatile
39 Singapore 0.57 2010 up 96.6% volatile
40 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.56 2010 up 124.0% volatile
40 Slovenia 0.56 2010 up 12.0% volatile
42 Austria 0.55 2010 up 52.8% volatile
43 France 0.54 2010 up 28.6% volatile
44 Iceland 0.53 2010 up 89.3% volatile
44 Republic of Moldova 0.53 2010 up 35.9% volatile
44 Tajikistan 0.53 2010 up 55.9% volatile
47 Serbia 0.52 2010 up 4.0% volatile
48 Colombia 0.51 2010 up 82.1% volatile
48 Philippines 0.51 2010 down 15.0% rising
50 Jamaica 0.5 2010 up 56.2% volatile
50 Kuwait 0.5 2010 up 2.0% volatile
52 Bahrain 0.47 2010 down 7.8% volatile
53 Mexico 0.46 2010 up 91.7% volatile
54 Chile 0.44 2010 up 18.9% volatile
55 Brunei Darussalam 0.43 2010 up 16.2% volatile
55 Cuba 0.43 2010 up 79.2% volatile
55 Saudi Arabia 0.43 2010 up 79.2% rising
58 Jordan 0.42 2010 up 75.0% volatile
58 Poland 0.42 2010 up 7.7% volatile
58 Slovak Republic 0.42 2010 up 10.5% volatile
61 Argentina 0.39 2010 up 39.3% rising
62 Czechia 0.37 2010 down 2.6% volatile
62 Gabon 0.37 2010 up 208.3% volatile
64 Nicaragua 0.36 2010 up 71.4% volatile
65 Brazil 0.35 2010 up 45.8% volatile
65 Italy 0.35 2010 up 59.1% volatile
67 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.33 2010 up 17.9% volatile
67 Trinidad and Tobago 0.33 2010 up 65.0% volatile
69 Fiji 0.3 2010 up 36.4% volatile
69 Sri Lanka 0.3 2010 up 15.4% volatile
69 Uruguay 0.3 2010 down 16.7% rising
69 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3 2010 up 36.4% volatile
73 Romania 0.29 2010 down 3.3% volatile
74 Iraq 0.28 2010 up 133.3% volatile
74 Thailand 0.28 2010 up 211.1% volatile
76 Malta 0.27 2010 unchanged volatile
77 Hong Kong, China 0.26 2010 down 27.8% volatile
77 India 0.26 2010 up 30.0% volatile
77 Türkiye 0.26 2010 up 18.2% volatile
80 Portugal 0.25 2010 up 25.0% volatile
81 Afghanistan 0.24 2010 up 300.0% volatile
81 Egypt 0.24 2010 up 41.2% volatile
83 Belize 0.23 2010 up 9.5% volatile
83 Syrian Arab Republic 0.23 2010 up 64.3% volatile
83 Tonga 0.23 2010 down 28.1% volatile
86 Paraguay 0.22 2010 down 8.3% volatile
87 El Salvador 0.21 2010 up 40.0% volatile
88 Dominican Republic 0.2 2010 down 9.1% volatile
88 Liberia 0.2 2010 up 150.0% volatile
88 Macau, China 0.2 2010 down 41.2% volatile
88 Tunisia 0.2 2010 up 66.7% volatile
92 Congo 0.19 2010 up 171.4% volatile
92 Algeria 0.19 2010 up 72.7% volatile
92 Ecuador 0.19 2010 down 34.5% volatile
92 Malaysia 0.19 2010 up 111.1% volatile
96 Botswana 0.17 2010 up 54.5% volatile
96 Honduras 0.17 2010 up 30.8% volatile
96 Libya 0.17 2010 up 41.7% volatile
96 Myanmar 0.17 2010 up 112.5% volatile
96 Viet Nam 0.17 2010 up 30.8% volatile
101 Morocco 0.16 2010 up 700.0% volatile
101 Pakistan 0.16 2010 up 6.7% volatile
103 Bangladesh 0.15 2010 up 36.4% volatile
103 Indonesia 0.15 2010 up 50.0% volatile
103 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.15 2010 up 114.3% volatile
106 Côte d'Ivoire 0.14 2010 up 180.0% volatile
107 South Africa 0.13 2010 down 13.3% volatile
108 Mauritius 0.12 2010 up 140.0% volatile
108 Zambia 0.12 2010 up 100.0% volatile
110 Namibia 0.11 2010 up 57.1% rising
110 Nepal 0.11 2010 up 57.1% volatile
112 Togo 0.1 2010 up 66.7% volatile
113 Ghana 0.09 2010 down 30.8% volatile
113 Uganda 0.09 2010 unchanged volatile
115 Benin 0.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
115 Central African Republic 0.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
115 Gambia 0.08 2010 up 33.3% volatile
115 Senegal 0.08 2010 up 166.7% volatile
119 Kenya 0.07 2010 up 75.0% volatile
120 Mali 0.06 2010 up 500.0% volatile
121 Lesotho 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
121 Mauritania 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
121 Zimbabwe 0.05 2010 up 66.7% rising
124 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.04 2010 — volatile
124 Sudan 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
126 Barbados 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
126 China (People’s Republic of) 0.03 2010 down 70.0% volatile
126 Cambodia 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
126 Maldives 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
126 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
131 Albania 0.02 2010 down 90.9% volatile
131 Burundi 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
131 Haiti 0.02 2010 down 50.0% rising
131 Mozambique 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
131 Malawi 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
131 Niger 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
131 Papua New Guinea 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
131 Sierra Leone 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
139 Cameroon 0.01 2010 down 50.0% volatile
139 Guatemala 0.01 2010 down 88.9% volatile
139 Guyana 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
139 Rwanda 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
143 Eswatini 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, 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, 55-59, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 55-59.