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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 20-24, female is the average years of education completed among females age 20-24.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
14.43
Iceland
Lowest
1.7
Mozambique
Median
10.59
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 14.43 in Iceland; the lowest is 1.7 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.59, and the mean is 9.61.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 126.5%), and the largest decrease in New Zealand (down 34.8%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 14.43 2010 up 15.2% rising
2 Hong Kong 14.34 2010 up 12.1% rising
3 South Korea 14.16 2010 up 4.4% rising
4 Singapore 13.96 2010 up 12.9% rising
5 Cuba 13.82 2010 up 35.1% rising
6 United States 13.58 2010 up 3.0% rising
7 Cyprus 13.18 2010 up 5.8% rising
8 Malta 13.12 2010 up 0.2% rising
9 Libya 13.1 2010 up 21.2% volatile
9 Malaysia 13.1 2010 up 11.7% rising
11 Japan 12.98 2010 down 3.5% rising
12 United Kingdom 12.95 2010 up 14.0% rising
13 Croatia 12.92 2010 up 9.6% rising
14 Latvia 12.79 2010 up 34.3% rising
15 Canada 12.71 2010 up 3.3% rising
16 Slovakia 12.7 2010 up 2.7% rising
17 Switzerland 12.61 2010 up 27.9% rising
18 Tonga 12.43 2010 up 14.9% rising
19 Greece 12.35 2010 up 8.5% rising
20 Fiji 12.34 2010 up 12.1% rising
20 Poland 12.34 2010 up 3.4% rising
22 Germany 12.3 2010 up 22.3% rising
23 Trinidad and Tobago 12.21 2010 up 11.5% rising
24 Ireland 12.19 2010 up 4.3% rising
24 Sri Lanka 12.19 2010 down 3.3% rising
26 France 12.17 2010 down 2.0% rising
26 Italy 12.17 2010 up 5.1% rising
28 Israel 12.12 2010 down 4.8% rising
29 Jamaica 12.11 2010 up 5.6% rising
29 Lithuania 12.11 2010 up 24.8% rising
31 Czechia 12.08 2010 down 7.1% rising
32 Estonia 12.07 2010 up 0.9% rising
33 Slovenia 12.02 2010 up 2.6% rising
34 Hungary 11.98 2010 up 1.8% rising
35 Belgium 11.95 2010 down 4.2% rising
36 Netherlands 11.92 2010 up 3.9% rising
37 Macao 11.87 2010 up 38.0% rising
38 Serbia 11.79 2010 up 17.7% rising
39 Finland 11.7 2010 up 6.6% rising
40 Barbados 11.66 2010 up 18.9% rising
41 Mauritius 11.64 2010 up 36.8% rising
42 Kazakhstan 11.63 2010 up 2.4% rising
43 Russia 11.62 2010 up 3.7% rising
44 Saudi Arabia 11.58 2010 up 21.1% volatile
44 Sweden 11.58 2010 down 7.4% rising
46 Bulgaria 11.54 2010 up 14.4% rising
47 Chile 11.5 2010 up 3.0% rising
47 Kyrgyzstan 11.5 2010 up 13.1% rising
49 Jordan 11.39 2010 up 12.0% volatile
50 Ukraine 11.33 2010 up 5.1% rising
51 Australia 11.26 2010 down 0.4% rising
52 South Africa 11.23 2010 up 19.2% rising
53 Luxembourg 11.21 2010 up 7.6% rising
54 Denmark 11.2 2010 down 6.4% rising
55 Albania 11.19 2010 up 4.3% rising
55 Belize 11.19 2010 up 9.3% rising
57 Spain 11.16 2010 up 1.6% rising
58 Romania 11.15 2010 up 1.5% rising
59 Iran 11.08 2010 up 13.2% volatile
60 Guyana 11.04 2010 up 11.7% rising
61 Colombia 11 2010 up 27.9% rising
62 Moldova 10.99 2010 up 2.5% rising
62 Tunisia 10.99 2010 up 35.7% volatile
64 Panama 10.97 2010 up 7.3% rising
65 Norway 10.88 2010 down 5.2% rising
66 Thailand 10.86 2010 up 39.2% rising
67 Gabon 10.83 2010 up 4.8% rising
68 Argentina 10.81 2010 up 7.6% rising
69 Austria 10.77 2010 down 6.6% rising
70 Portugal 10.76 2010 down 4.8% rising
71 Botswana 10.62 2010 down 2.7% volatile
72 Mexico 10.6 2010 up 18.0% rising
73 Tajikistan 10.58 2010 down 0.7% rising
74 Bolivia 10.54 2010 up 6.6% rising
75 Armenia 10.47 2010 up 2.3% rising
76 Mongolia 10.46 2010 up 17.3% rising
77 United Arab Emirates 10.32 2010 down 2.3% rising
78 Peru 10.21 2010 down 2.5% rising
79 Brazil 10.16 2010 up 11.3% rising
80 Dominican Republic 10.11 2010 up 2.3% rising
81 Philippines 10 2010 up 5.9% rising
82 Venezuela 9.96 2010 up 9.9% rising
83 Qatar 9.88 2010 up 6.1% rising
84 Brunei 9.8 2010 up 14.2% rising
85 Costa Rica 9.58 2010 up 8.2% rising
86 Indonesia 9.51 2010 up 41.1% rising
87 Paraguay 9.5 2010 up 20.1% rising
88 Uruguay 9.41 2010 up 2.7% rising
89 Algeria 9.4 2010 up 22.6% volatile
90 El Salvador 9.37 2010 up 2.3% rising
91 Maldives 9.32 2010 up 39.1% rising
92 Ecuador 9.19 2010 up 14.0% rising
93 China 9.14 2010 up 4.3% rising
94 Bangladesh 9.09 2010 up 64.1% volatile
95 Bahrain 8.88 2010 down 9.4% rising
96 Zimbabwe 8.85 2010 unchanged rising
97 New Zealand 8.83 2010 down 34.8% flat
98 Egypt 8.79 2010 up 11.8% volatile
99 Nicaragua 8.71 2010 up 25.3% volatile
100 Turkey 8.68 2010 up 23.6% rising
101 Vietnam 8.54 2010 up 9.9% rising
102 Iraq 8.36 2010 up 20.5% volatile
103 India 8.35 2010 up 45.0% volatile
104 Ghana 8.11 2010 up 37.5% rising
105 Honduras 8.04 2010 up 19.5% rising
106 Kuwait 7.91 2010 up 14.6% rising
107 Syria 7.84 2010 up 55.9% volatile
108 Namibia 7.72 2010 up 5.0% rising
109 Lesotho 7.69 2010 down 7.1% rising
110 Myanmar 7.41 2010 up 29.8% volatile
111 Kenya 7.38 2010 up 14.8% volatile
112 Zambia 7.05 2010 down 0.8% rising
113 Uganda 7.03 2010 up 46.5% volatile
114 Eswatini 6.98 2010 up 69.8% rising
115 Togo 6.9 2010 up 79.7% volatile
116 Malawi 6.8 2010 up 78.9% volatile
117 Cameroon 6.75 2010 down 1.5% rising
118 Tanzania 6.64 2010 up 23.4% rising
119 Morocco 6.5 2010 up 43.8% volatile
120 Guatemala 6.43 2010 up 35.7% rising
121 Laos 6.08 2010 up 34.8% volatile
122 Nepal 6.06 2010 up 74.1% volatile
123 Mauritania 5.88 2010 up 91.5% volatile
124 Cambodia 5.76 2010 up 72.5% rising
125 Rwanda 5.68 2010 up 19.3% volatile
126 Sierra Leone 5.62 2010 up 100.7% volatile
127 Pakistan 5.58 2010 up 50.8% volatile
128 Haiti 5.53 2010 up 19.7% volatile
129 Congo 5.17 2010 up 4.9% volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 5.09 2010 up 26.9% volatile
131 Cote d'Ivoire 5.02 2010 up 16.5% volatile
132 Gambia 4.73 2010 up 62.5% volatile
133 Benin 4.71 2010 up 75.1% volatile
134 Yemen 4.55 2010 up 102.2% volatile
135 Liberia 4.08 2010 up 37.8% volatile
136 Sudan 3.76 2010 up 5.6% volatile
137 Burundi 3.5 2010 up 11.5% volatile
138 Central African Republic 3.46 2010 up 0.6% volatile
139 Senegal 3.32 2010 up 100.0% rising
140 Mali 2.65 2010 up 126.5% volatile
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.64 2010 up 0.8% volatile
142 Afghanistan 2.33 2010 up 29.4% volatile
143 Niger 1.71 2010 up 44.9% volatile
144 Mozambique 1.7 2010 up 37.1% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, 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, 20-24, female is the average years of education completed among females age 20-24.