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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of education completed among females age 15-19.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
12.7
Hong Kong
Lowest
2.4
Niger
Median
8.61
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 12.7 in Hong Kong; the lowest is 2.4 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.61, and the mean is 8.22.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 347.3%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (down 19.8%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hong Kong 12.7 2010 up 10.3% rising
2 Republic of Korea 12.47 2010 up 2.6% rising
3 Malaysia 12.07 2010 up 4.6% rising
4 Mauritius 12.06 2010 up 40.2% rising
5 Singapore 12.02 2010 up 8.5% rising
6 Tonga 11.22 2010 up 17.9% rising
7 Trinidad and Tobago 11.13 2010 up 9.9% rising
8 Fiji 11.08 2010 up 11.1% rising
9 Sri Lanka 11.07 2010 down 9.4% rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.06 2010 up 20.9% rising
11 Australia 10.95 2010 up 14.2% flat
11 Japan 10.95 2010 down 2.7% rising
13 Libya 10.91 2010 up 11.1% volatile
14 New Zealand 10.87 2010 down 12.1% flat
14 Thailand 10.87 2010 up 17.8% rising
16 Iceland 10.86 2010 up 25.3% rising
17 Iran 10.85 2010 up 18.2% volatile
18 Cuba 10.78 2010 up 16.5% rising
19 United States 10.67 2010 down 5.5% rising
20 Ireland 10.63 2010 up 19.2% rising
21 Belize 10.59 2010 up 8.8% rising
22 Botswana 10.42 2010 down 1.3% rising
23 Malta 10.37 2010 down 3.8% rising
24 Kazakhstan 10.18 2010 down 1.6% rising
24 Slovakia 10.18 2010 up 22.9% rising
26 Norway 10.17 2010 up 19.9% rising
27 Canada 10.16 2010 up 3.7% rising
28 Colombia 10.13 2010 up 34.5% rising
29 Barbados 10.01 2010 up 7.4% rising
30 Jordan 9.97 2010 up 14.1% rising
31 France 9.91 2010 up 6.0% rising
32 Tajikistan 9.85 2010 up 8.5% rising
33 United Arab Emirates 9.83 2010 up 6.0% volatile
34 Mexico 9.81 2010 up 12.5% rising
35 Israel 9.8 2010 up 14.2% rising
36 Spain 9.79 2010 up 24.9% rising
36 South Africa 9.79 2010 up 15.7% rising
38 Macao 9.68 2010 up 41.7% rising
39 Cyprus 9.66 2010 up 0.3% rising
40 Latvia 9.63 2010 up 4.4% rising
41 Qatar 9.48 2010 up 21.1% rising
42 Finland 9.41 2010 up 50.8% rising
42 Tunisia 9.41 2010 up 23.7% volatile
44 Croatia 9.35 2010 up 47.2% rising
45 Bangladesh 9.34 2010 up 33.6% volatile
46 Armenia 9.32 2010 up 5.1% rising
46 China 9.32 2010 up 4.1% rising
48 Maldives 9.3 2010 up 44.2% rising
49 Greece 9.29 2010 down 3.4% rising
50 Denmark 9.27 2010 up 0.4% rising
51 Albania 9.21 2010 down 6.2% rising
51 Philippines 9.21 2010 up 9.4% rising
53 Saudi Arabia 9.19 2010 up 37.8% rising
54 Netherlands 9.15 2010 up 4.6% rising
55 Sweden 9.14 2010 down 3.9% rising
56 Jamaica 9.08 2010 down 11.2% rising
57 Czechia 9.05 2010 down 12.2% rising
58 Guyana 9.04 2010 down 4.6% rising
59 Argentina 9.02 2010 up 0.1% rising
59 Panama 9.02 2010 down 4.0% rising
61 Portugal 9 2010 down 17.1% rising
61 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9 2010 up 31.2% rising
61 Zambia 9 2010 up 42.4% rising
64 Russian Federation 8.98 2010 down 0.3% rising
65 Chile 8.93 2010 down 6.3% rising
66 Peru 8.92 2010 down 2.1% rising
67 Slovenia 8.81 2010 up 1.6% rising
68 Switzerland 8.77 2010 up 106.4% falling
69 Italy 8.72 2010 down 3.0% rising
70 Estonia 8.7 2010 down 1.1% rising
71 Kyrgyzstan 8.65 2010 up 31.1% rising
72 Gabon 8.63 2010 up 2.0% rising
73 Belgium 8.59 2010 down 12.3% flat
74 Bahrain 8.58 2010 up 0.8% rising
75 Serbia 8.54 2010 up 81.3% flat
76 Costa Rica 8.39 2010 up 2.7% rising
76 Hungary 8.39 2010 down 18.9% rising
78 Indonesia 8.36 2010 up 48.5% rising
78 Republic of Moldova 8.36 2010 down 3.9% rising
80 Mongolia 8.29 2010 up 20.1% rising
81 Egypt 8.26 2010 up 1.8% volatile
82 Dominican Republic 8.21 2010 down 12.1% rising
83 Poland 8.17 2010 down 2.5% rising
83 Uruguay 8.17 2010 down 4.9% rising
85 Ukraine 8.15 2010 down 7.3% rising
86 Luxembourg 8.14 2010 up 10.6% rising
87 Algeria 8.12 2010 up 22.7% volatile
88 Ghana 8.11 2010 up 43.3% rising
88 India 8.11 2010 up 29.8% volatile
90 Romania 8.02 2010 down 14.6% rising
90 Zimbabwe 8.02 2010 down 6.1% rising
92 Türkiye 8.01 2010 up 19.9% volatile
93 Bulgaria 7.98 2010 up 0.5% falling
94 Iraq 7.97 2010 up 30.2% volatile
95 Lithuania 7.95 2010 up 12.9% rising
96 Paraguay 7.93 2010 up 22.6% rising
97 Germany 7.89 2010 up 89.7% rising
98 Brunei Darussalam 7.88 2010 up 6.9% rising
99 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.81 2010 down 19.8% rising
100 Nicaragua 7.76 2010 up 24.4% rising
101 Honduras 7.74 2010 up 18.2% rising
102 Togo 7.63 2010 up 37.2% volatile
103 Syria 7.48 2010 up 72.7% rising
104 Tanzania, United Republic of 7.33 2010 up 58.7% rising
105 Brazil 7.31 2010 down 6.0% rising
106 Ecuador 7.29 2010 down 8.2% rising
107 Myanmar 7.18 2010 up 32.2% rising
108 El Salvador 6.92 2010 down 9.5% rising
109 Morocco 6.9 2010 up 74.2% volatile
110 Congo 6.59 2010 up 9.8% rising
111 Nepal 6.48 2010 up 77.5% volatile
112 Mauritania 6.44 2010 up 68.6% rising
113 Benin 6.27 2010 up 92.3% volatile
114 Lesotho 6.24 2010 down 17.2% rising
114 Eswatini 6.24 2010 down 5.3% rising
116 Austria 5.99 2010 down 4.9% rising
116 Gambia 5.99 2010 up 57.2% volatile
118 Namibia 5.88 2010 up 10.3% rising
118 Rwanda 5.88 2010 up 9.5% volatile
120 Pakistan 5.82 2010 up 48.8% volatile
121 Kuwait 5.8 2010 down 10.2% rising
122 Cameroon 5.74 2010 up 6.9% rising
122 Guatemala 5.74 2010 up 30.5% rising
124 Uganda 5.7 2010 up 17.8% volatile
125 Cambodia 5.66 2010 up 52.6% rising
126 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.57 2010 up 31.1% rising
127 Sierra Leone 5.05 2010 up 72.9% volatile
128 Yemen 5.02 2010 up 109.2% volatile
129 Malawi 4.99 2010 up 23.8% rising
130 Haiti 4.85 2010 up 33.6% rising
131 Burundi 4.79 2010 up 40.9% volatile
132 Kenya 4.63 2010 down 15.7% rising
133 Côte d'Ivoire 4.45 2010 up 18.4% rising
134 Papua New Guinea 4.32 2010 up 22.7% rising
135 Afghanistan 4.13 2010 up 106.5% volatile
136 Viet Nam 3.87 2010 down 17.1% falling
137 Liberia 3.75 2010 up 78.6% rising
138 Senegal 3.69 2010 up 119.6% rising
139 Mali 3.44 2010 up 142.3% volatile
140 Mozambique 3.31 2010 up 347.3% volatile
141 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.23 2010 up 36.9% rising
142 Central African Republic 3.22 2010 up 9.9% volatile
143 Sudan 2.99 2010 down 4.5% volatile
144 Niger 2.4 2010 up 106.9% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, 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 total schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of education completed among females age 15-19.