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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
12.62
Hong Kong, China
Lowest
2.9
Niger
Median
8.47
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 12.62 in Hong Kong, China; the lowest is 2.9 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.47, and the mean is 8.13.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 258.1%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (down 22.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hong Kong, China 12.62 2010 up 11.5% rising
2 Republic of Korea 12.46 2010 up 3.4% rising
3 Singapore 11.97 2010 up 8.1% rising
4 Malaysia 11.96 2010 up 5.2% rising
5 Mauritius 11.85 2010 up 42.1% rising
6 Tonga 11.09 2010 up 17.9% rising
7 Trinidad and Tobago 11.04 2010 up 11.2% rising
8 Japan 10.95 2010 down 1.4% rising
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10.94 2010 up 22.4% rising
10 Sri Lanka 10.82 2010 down 10.4% rising
11 Australia 10.81 2010 up 13.9% flat
12 Iceland 10.8 2010 up 27.5% rising
13 Cuba 10.77 2010 up 19.1% rising
14 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.75 2010 up 21.6% rising
15 Fiji 10.72 2010 up 10.4% rising
16 New Zealand 10.67 2010 down 11.7% flat
17 United States of America 10.62 2010 down 5.3% rising
18 Ireland 10.59 2010 up 23.7% rising
19 Thailand 10.48 2010 up 17.6% rising
20 Belize 10.45 2010 up 8.4% rising
21 Botswana 10.39 2010 down 1.3% volatile
22 Malta 10.27 2010 down 3.4% rising
23 Kazakhstan 10.2 2010 down 0.7% rising
24 Canada 10.16 2010 up 5.1% rising
25 Norway 10.05 2010 up 19.4% rising
26 United Arab Emirates 10.02 2010 up 9.9% volatile
27 Slovakia 9.97 2010 up 20.0% rising
28 Colombia 9.95 2010 up 36.3% rising
29 Jordan 9.87 2010 up 9.4% rising
30 France 9.81 2010 up 5.9% rising
31 Israel 9.75 2010 up 14.7% rising
32 Gabon 9.7 2010 up 16.2% rising
33 Mexico 9.68 2010 up 11.4% rising
34 Spain 9.6 2010 up 26.8% rising
35 Latvia 9.56 2010 up 6.2% rising
36 Barbados 9.55 2010 up 3.5% rising
37 Armenia 9.47 2010 up 8.2% rising
38 South Africa 9.43 2010 up 15.0% rising
39 Libya 9.41 2010 up 9.0% rising
40 Cyprus 9.4 2010 unchanged rising
40 Finland 9.4 2010 up 49.9% rising
40 Macau, China 9.4 2010 up 42.2% rising
43 Croatia 9.28 2010 up 46.1% rising
44 China 9.25 2010 up 2.5% rising
44 Greece 9.25 2010 down 2.4% rising
46 Denmark 9.23 2010 down 0.1% flat
47 Albania 9.17 2010 down 6.1% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 9.14 2010 up 30.6% rising
49 Qatar 9.12 2010 up 27.0% rising
50 Tunisia 9.1 2010 up 18.6% rising
51 Maldives 9.08 2010 up 43.7% rising
52 Netherlands 9.06 2010 up 5.2% rising
53 Sweden 9.05 2010 down 3.4% rising
54 Czechia 9.04 2010 down 12.4% rising
55 Russian Federation 9 2010 up 0.1% rising
56 Jamaica 8.95 2010 down 10.1% rising
56 Tajikistan 8.95 2010 down 1.9% rising
58 Peru 8.94 2010 down 3.1% rising
59 Panama 8.76 2010 down 4.6% rising
59 Philippines 8.76 2010 up 9.0% rising
59 Portugal 8.76 2010 down 16.8% rising
62 Argentina 8.75 2010 down 0.6% rising
63 Chile 8.74 2010 down 6.9% rising
64 Estonia 8.7 2010 up 1.3% rising
65 Switzerland 8.69 2010 up 109.9% falling
65 Zambia 8.69 2010 up 49.8% rising
67 Italy 8.66 2010 down 2.1% rising
67 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.66 2010 up 25.1% rising
69 Kyrgyzstan 8.61 2010 up 32.1% rising
70 Serbia 8.56 2010 up 80.6% flat
71 Guyana 8.55 2010 down 3.6% rising
72 Bahrain 8.49 2010 up 2.7% rising
73 Belgium 8.45 2010 down 12.4% flat
74 Slovenia 8.42 2010 down 2.8% rising
75 Hungary 8.29 2010 down 19.7% rising
75 Ukraine 8.29 2010 down 5.0% rising
77 Iraq 8.26 2010 up 18.2% rising
78 Republic of Moldova 8.25 2010 down 4.3% rising
79 Indonesia 8.24 2010 up 49.5% rising
80 Bangladesh 8.21 2010 up 17.1% volatile
81 Togo 8.16 2010 up 22.0% volatile
82 Ghana 8.11 2010 up 24.2% rising
83 Türkiye 8.1 2010 up 15.1% rising
84 Poland 8.05 2010 down 2.8% rising
85 Mongolia 8.04 2010 up 25.6% rising
86 Costa Rica 8.02 2010 up 0.2% rising
86 India 8.02 2010 up 17.4% rising
86 Luxembourg 8.02 2010 up 10.5% rising
89 Bulgaria 8.01 2010 up 1.3% falling
90 Lithuania 7.96 2010 up 14.2% rising
91 Brunei Darussalam 7.95 2010 up 9.1% rising
91 Egypt 7.95 2010 down 5.8% volatile
93 Romania 7.88 2010 down 15.1% rising
94 Dominican Republic 7.87 2010 down 7.1% rising
95 Uruguay 7.83 2010 down 4.0% rising
96 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.75 2010 down 22.3% rising
96 Germany 7.75 2010 up 87.7% rising
98 Paraguay 7.7 2010 up 21.3% rising
98 Zimbabwe 7.7 2010 down 9.4% rising
100 Syrian Arab Republic 7.48 2010 up 72.4% rising
101 Algeria 7.41 2010 up 10.8% rising
102 Honduras 7.36 2010 up 10.7% rising
103 Nicaragua 7.26 2010 up 23.5% rising
104 Ecuador 7.17 2010 down 9.8% rising
105 Tanzania, United Republic of 7.08 2010 up 53.6% rising
106 Brazil 6.92 2010 down 13.0% rising
107 Benin 6.87 2010 up 57.6% volatile
107 Congo 6.87 2010 up 8.9% rising
109 Morocco 6.79 2010 up 52.2% volatile
110 Myanmar 6.77 2010 up 36.5% rising
111 El Salvador 6.66 2010 down 11.8% rising
112 Pakistan 6.42 2010 up 32.1% rising
113 Nepal 6.24 2010 up 51.5% volatile
114 Mauritania 6.21 2010 up 32.7% rising
115 Gambia 6.05 2010 up 35.3% volatile
116 Cameroon 6.01 2010 up 2.7% rising
117 Austria 5.93 2010 down 6.0% rising
118 Eswatini 5.86 2010 down 8.3% rising
119 Guatemala 5.81 2010 up 25.5% rising
120 Rwanda 5.8 2010 up 13.3% rising
121 Cambodia 5.67 2010 up 38.0% rising
121 Kuwait 5.67 2010 down 10.8% rising
123 Sierra Leone 5.61 2010 up 53.7% volatile
124 Lesotho 5.5 2010 down 16.7% rising
125 Yemen 5.49 2010 up 31.3% volatile
126 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.48 2010 up 18.1% rising
127 Uganda 5.4 2010 up 10.2% rising
128 Namibia 5.27 2010 up 10.0% rising
129 Burundi 5.08 2010 up 37.3% rising
129 Côte d'Ivoire 5.08 2010 up 10.7% rising
131 Haiti 4.94 2010 up 4.9% rising
132 Afghanistan 4.81 2010 up 6.9% volatile
133 Malawi 4.55 2010 up 7.8% rising
134 Kenya 4.48 2010 down 18.5% rising
135 Papua New Guinea 4.41 2010 up 23.9% rising
136 Viet Nam 4.09 2010 down 13.0% falling
137 Liberia 3.97 2010 up 34.6% rising
138 Senegal 3.92 2010 up 96.0% rising
139 Mozambique 3.76 2010 up 258.1% rising
140 Central African Republic 3.65 2010 unchanged volatile
141 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.62 2010 up 12.1% rising
142 Mali 3.14 2010 up 95.0% volatile
143 Sudan 3.12 2010 down 7.7% rising
144 Niger 2.9 2010 up 62.9% volatile

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