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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
14.47
Iceland
Lowest
2.22
Niger
Median
10.41
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 14.47 in Iceland; the lowest is 2.22 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.41, and the mean is 9.54.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 92.9%), and the largest decrease in New Zealand (down 36.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 14.47 2010 up 17.3% rising
2 Hong Kong, China 14.26 2010 up 13.1% rising
3 Korea 13.93 2010 up 3.5% rising
4 Cuba 13.89 2010 up 40.2% rising
5 Singapore 13.59 2010 up 13.9% rising
6 United States 13.42 2010 up 2.8% rising
7 Latvia 12.88 2010 up 37.9% rising
7 Malaysia 12.88 2010 up 12.0% rising
9 United Kingdom 12.87 2010 up 15.6% rising
10 Croatia 12.74 2010 up 9.7% rising
10 Malta 12.74 2010 down 3.7% rising
12 Japan 12.69 2010 down 3.2% rising
13 Slovak Republic 12.52 2010 up 1.5% rising
14 Cyprus 12.51 2010 up 4.5% rising
15 Switzerland 12.45 2010 up 25.8% rising
16 Canada 12.42 2010 up 3.6% rising
17 Tonga 12.19 2010 up 14.8% rising
18 Germany 12.17 2010 up 20.6% rising
19 Poland 12.12 2010 up 3.1% rising
20 Czechia 12.05 2010 down 6.9% rising
21 Greece 12.04 2010 up 8.4% rising
22 Jamaica 12.03 2010 up 9.1% rising
23 Fiji 11.98 2010 up 11.3% rising
23 France 11.98 2010 down 2.5% rising
23 Sri Lanka 11.98 2010 down 3.2% rising
26 Trinidad and Tobago 11.96 2010 up 10.9% rising
27 Italy 11.92 2010 up 5.6% rising
28 Ireland 11.91 2010 up 5.9% rising
29 Lithuania 11.9 2010 up 25.0% rising
30 Hungary 11.88 2010 up 1.8% rising
30 Israel 11.88 2010 down 3.6% rising
32 Estonia 11.84 2010 up 2.5% rising
33 Russia 11.75 2010 up 4.5% rising
33 Slovenia 11.75 2010 up 1.5% rising
35 Belgium 11.74 2010 down 3.7% rising
36 Serbia 11.7 2010 up 17.7% rising
37 Kazakhstan 11.68 2010 up 3.7% rising
38 Netherlands 11.67 2010 up 3.5% rising
39 Finland 11.55 2010 up 8.7% rising
40 Bulgaria 11.5 2010 up 15.9% rising
41 Macau, China 11.48 2010 up 36.3% rising
42 Sweden 11.46 2010 down 6.7% rising
43 Luxembourg 11.41 2010 up 11.2% rising
43 Ukraine 11.41 2010 up 8.0% rising
45 Kyrgyzstan 11.36 2010 up 14.2% rising
46 Mauritius 11.32 2010 up 35.9% rising
47 Chile 11.3 2010 up 2.4% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 11.28 2010 up 22.7% rising
49 Australia 11.19 2010 down 0.1% flat
50 Jordan 11.13 2010 up 7.3% rising
51 Albania 11.12 2010 up 4.8% rising
52 Belize 11.08 2010 up 8.5% rising
52 Romania 11.08 2010 up 1.4% rising
52 South Africa 11.08 2010 up 19.0% rising
55 Denmark 10.99 2010 down 8.2% rising
56 Armenia 10.87 2010 up 8.2% rising
57 Colombia 10.86 2010 up 29.1% rising
58 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.82 2010 up 4.9% rising
59 Botswana 10.72 2010 down 2.3% volatile
59 Republic of Moldova 10.72 2010 up 1.7% rising
61 Austria 10.71 2010 down 6.6% rising
61 Norway 10.71 2010 down 5.1% rising
63 Spain 10.68 2010 up 2.0% rising
64 Panama 10.66 2010 up 7.0% rising
65 Barbados 10.56 2010 up 9.8% rising
65 Portugal 10.56 2010 down 3.1% rising
67 Argentina 10.55 2010 up 8.2% rising
67 Tunisia 10.55 2010 up 23.7% rising
69 Guyana 10.51 2010 up 14.0% rising
70 Libya 10.48 2010 up 15.9% volatile
70 Mexico 10.48 2010 up 16.4% rising
72 Thailand 10.47 2010 up 34.6% rising
73 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.36 2010 up 6.5% rising
74 Peru 10.23 2010 down 4.6% rising
75 Gabon 10.16 2010 up 11.4% rising
76 Brazil 9.94 2010 up 12.4% rising
77 Mongolia 9.92 2010 up 18.9% rising
78 Tajikistan 9.88 2010 down 8.1% rising
79 United Arab Emirates 9.53 2010 up 7.6% rising
80 Dominican Republic 9.52 2010 up 6.2% rising
80 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9.52 2010 up 10.8% rising
82 Indonesia 9.47 2010 up 38.0% rising
82 Philippines 9.47 2010 up 4.4% rising
84 El Salvador 9.39 2010 up 2.0% rising
85 Paraguay 9.34 2010 up 19.7% rising
86 Maldives 9.32 2010 up 34.1% rising
87 Brunei Darussalam 9.28 2010 up 6.4% rising
88 China (People’s Republic of) 9.17 2010 up 2.3% rising
89 Uruguay 9.13 2010 up 3.8% rising
90 Türkiye 9.12 2010 up 16.8% rising
91 Costa Rica 9.09 2010 up 5.1% rising
92 Algeria 9.02 2010 up 13.5% rising
92 India 9.02 2010 up 29.8% volatile
94 Ecuador 8.95 2010 up 11.0% rising
95 Egypt 8.86 2010 up 1.8% volatile
96 Iraq 8.85 2010 up 9.5% volatile
97 Zimbabwe 8.71 2010 down 3.5% rising
98 Ghana 8.67 2010 up 25.3% rising
99 Bangladesh 8.58 2010 up 40.9% volatile
100 Viet Nam 8.57 2010 up 9.2% rising
101 New Zealand 8.4 2010 down 36.7% flat
102 Nicaragua 8.35 2010 up 27.5% rising
103 Togo 8.21 2010 up 48.7% volatile
104 Qatar 8.2 2010 up 5.9% rising
105 Bahrain 8.14 2010 down 12.8% rising
106 Syrian Arab Republic 8.05 2010 up 60.7% rising
107 Honduras 7.74 2010 up 16.0% rising
108 Kenya 7.63 2010 up 6.0% rising
109 Kuwait 7.42 2010 up 29.3% rising
110 Zambia 7.35 2010 down 1.5% rising
111 Namibia 7.18 2010 up 3.3% rising
112 Myanmar 7.15 2010 up 38.3% rising
113 Uganda 6.98 2010 up 30.2% rising
114 Morocco 6.96 2010 up 24.7% volatile
115 Cameroon 6.85 2010 down 7.6% rising
116 Lesotho 6.84 2010 down 6.2% rising
117 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.82 2010 up 23.1% rising
118 Guatemala 6.81 2010 up 33.3% rising
119 Malawi 6.76 2010 up 52.9% rising
120 Eswatini 6.7 2010 up 71.8% rising
121 Sierra Leone 6.67 2010 up 68.0% volatile
122 Cambodia 6.3 2010 up 58.3% rising
123 Pakistan 6.27 2010 up 19.2% rising
124 Haiti 6.23 2010 up 8.3% rising
125 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.06 2010 up 20.7% rising
126 Mauritania 6.02 2010 up 33.8% rising
127 Nepal 5.96 2010 up 39.3% volatile
128 Côte d'Ivoire 5.93 2010 up 8.4% volatile
129 Benin 5.74 2010 up 44.6% volatile
130 Congo 5.69 2010 up 0.7% rising
131 Rwanda 5.66 2010 up 21.7% rising
132 Papua New Guinea 5.47 2010 up 27.5% rising
133 Gambia 5.3 2010 up 41.7% volatile
134 Yemen 5.24 2010 up 30.0% volatile
135 Liberia 4.85 2010 up 13.3% rising
136 Afghanistan 4.58 2010 up 25.1% volatile
137 Central African Republic 4.55 2010 down 2.4% rising
138 Sudan 3.95 2010 down 3.4% volatile
139 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.85 2010 up 0.5% rising
140 Senegal 3.82 2010 up 92.9% rising
141 Burundi 3.78 2010 up 5.6% rising
142 Mali 2.57 2010 up 70.2% volatile
143 Mozambique 2.26 2010 up 25.6% rising
144 Niger 2.22 2010 up 15.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of total schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of education completed among people age 20-24.