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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 25-29, female is the average years of education completed among females age 25-29.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
14.87
South Korea
Lowest
1.13
Mozambique
Median
10.44
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 14.87 in South Korea; the lowest is 1.13 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.44, and the mean is 9.45.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 123.6%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 38.2%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 14.87 2010 up 9.7% rising
2 Singapore 14.48 2010 up 15.1% rising
3 Iceland 13.95 2010 up 15.2% rising
4 United States 13.94 2010 up 2.3% rising
5 Hong Kong 13.86 2010 up 6.0% rising
6 Canada 13.81 2010 up 10.5% rising
7 Japan 13.73 2010 up 2.5% rising
8 Switzerland 13.63 2010 up 25.7% rising
9 Poland 13.54 2010 up 8.2% rising
10 United Kingdom 13.52 2010 up 17.0% rising
10 Greece 13.52 2010 up 14.5% rising
12 Cyprus 13.48 2010 up 3.6% rising
13 Israel 13.29 2010 down 1.5% rising
14 Malta 13.25 2010 up 5.9% rising
15 Slovenia 13.22 2010 up 6.5% rising
16 Germany 13.2 2010 up 16.2% rising
17 Hungary 13.05 2010 up 7.4% rising
18 Estonia 13.01 2010 up 1.6% rising
19 Slovakia 12.96 2010 up 2.1% rising
20 Luxembourg 12.93 2010 up 18.6% rising
21 Ireland 12.92 2010 up 7.9% rising
22 Netherlands 12.84 2010 up 5.9% rising
23 Croatia 12.83 2010 up 19.3% rising
24 Czechia 12.78 2010 down 3.3% rising
25 France 12.72 2010 up 8.7% rising
26 Latvia 12.68 2010 up 6.5% rising
27 Malaysia 12.62 2010 up 17.5% rising
28 Sweden 12.61 2010 up 1.3% rising
29 Finland 12.59 2010 up 5.2% rising
30 Italy 12.57 2010 up 7.9% rising
31 Libya 12.55 2010 up 48.9% volatile
32 Belgium 12.5 2010 down 2.3% rising
33 Serbia 12.43 2010 up 22.2% rising
34 Tonga 12.41 2010 up 27.5% rising
35 Bulgaria 12.4 2010 up 22.8% rising
36 Australia 12.39 2010 up 5.5% rising
37 Sri Lanka 12.3 2010 up 0.1% rising
38 Jamaica 12.26 2010 up 8.0% rising
39 Cuba 12.2 2010 up 5.9% rising
40 New Zealand 12.18 2010 down 4.3% rising
41 Romania 12.08 2010 up 6.7% rising
42 Russia 11.96 2010 down 11.8% rising
43 Spain 11.94 2010 up 3.8% rising
44 Lithuania 11.88 2010 down 2.1% rising
45 Chile 11.85 2010 up 8.6% rising
46 Trinidad and Tobago 11.84 2010 up 10.3% rising
47 Denmark 11.69 2010 down 2.3% rising
48 Kyrgyzstan 11.64 2010 up 8.9% rising
49 Kazakhstan 11.62 2010 up 0.8% rising
50 Austria 11.58 2010 up 3.9% rising
51 Moldova 11.48 2010 up 6.6% rising
52 Portugal 11.31 2010 up 12.2% rising
53 South Africa 11.21 2010 up 22.1% rising
54 Norway 11.19 2010 down 10.9% rising
55 Fiji 11.18 2010 down 1.1% rising
56 Jordan 11.11 2010 up 19.1% volatile
57 Panama 11.03 2010 up 8.3% rising
58 Albania 10.93 2010 down 1.0% rising
59 Thailand 10.92 2010 up 36.7% rising
60 Ukraine 10.91 2010 down 17.9% rising
61 Belize 10.88 2010 down 0.7% rising
62 Barbados 10.81 2010 up 10.6% rising
63 Botswana 10.8 2010 up 1.5% volatile
64 Gabon 10.77 2010 up 10.8% rising
65 Colombia 10.72 2010 up 35.2% rising
66 Argentina 10.68 2010 up 4.8% rising
66 Mauritius 10.68 2010 up 35.5% rising
68 Tajikistan 10.66 2010 down 2.3% rising
69 Guyana 10.56 2010 up 10.8% rising
70 Macao 10.53 2010 up 21.2% rising
71 Armenia 10.51 2010 down 16.7% rising
72 Mongolia 10.49 2010 up 9.8% rising
73 United Arab Emirates 10.39 2010 down 0.8% volatile
74 Iran 10.32 2010 up 34.7% volatile
75 Bolivia 10.31 2010 up 10.5% rising
76 Mexico 10.18 2010 up 17.6% rising
77 Brazil 10.13 2010 up 17.4% volatile
78 Peru 10.1 2010 up 7.0% rising
79 Tunisia 10.09 2010 up 56.9% volatile
80 Venezuela 10.05 2010 up 23.9% rising
81 Qatar 9.99 2010 up 18.5% rising
82 Saudi Arabia 9.89 2010 up 19.0% volatile
83 Ecuador 9.87 2010 up 23.1% rising
84 Philippines 9.82 2010 up 7.8% rising
85 Brunei 9.67 2010 up 11.0% rising
86 Dominican Republic 9.62 2010 up 20.9% rising
87 Costa Rica 9.61 2010 up 13.6% rising
88 Uruguay 9.51 2010 up 6.1% rising
89 Egypt 9.44 2010 up 39.4% volatile
90 El Salvador 9.19 2010 up 13.5% rising
91 Indonesia 9.15 2010 up 93.4% volatile
92 Paraguay 9.13 2010 up 24.9% rising
93 China 8.8 2010 up 9.2% rising
94 Maldives 8.72 2010 up 106.6% rising
95 Bangladesh 8.55 2010 up 115.4% volatile
95 Bahrain 8.55 2010 down 10.2% volatile
97 Zimbabwe 8.52 2010 up 13.8% rising
98 Vietnam 8.35 2010 up 34.7% rising
99 Algeria 8.23 2010 up 13.7% volatile
100 Turkey 7.93 2010 up 25.5% volatile
101 Ghana 7.79 2010 up 39.6% volatile
102 Lesotho 7.72 2010 down 1.2% rising
103 Nicaragua 7.66 2010 up 11.3% volatile
104 Namibia 7.64 2010 up 3.0% rising
105 Kuwait 7.43 2010 up 6.1% rising
106 Honduras 7.24 2010 up 14.7% rising
107 Kenya 7.21 2010 up 9.6% volatile
108 Syria 7.15 2010 up 52.5% volatile
109 Zambia 7.04 2010 up 7.3% rising
110 Myanmar 6.85 2010 up 39.2% volatile
111 Cameroon 6.84 2010 up 6.9% volatile
112 Iraq 6.77 2010 up 2.9% volatile
112 Eswatini 6.77 2010 up 25.1% rising
114 Malawi 6.67 2010 up 99.1% volatile
115 India 6.66 2010 up 53.5% volatile
116 Uganda 5.86 2010 up 32.6% volatile
117 Tanzania 5.8 2010 up 7.6% volatile
118 Rwanda 5.2 2010 up 50.3% volatile
119 Laos 5.14 2010 up 25.4% volatile
120 Guatemala 4.94 2010 up 8.3% rising
121 Morocco 4.9 2010 up 13.2% volatile
122 Papua New Guinea 4.8 2010 up 29.4% volatile
123 Cote d'Ivoire 4.65 2010 up 15.4% volatile
124 Nepal 4.6 2010 up 103.5% volatile
125 Pakistan 4.58 2010 up 61.8% volatile
126 Cambodia 4.48 2010 up 32.9% rising
127 Congo 4.4 2010 down 38.2% volatile
127 Togo 4.4 2010 up 6.8% volatile
129 Haiti 3.92 2010 down 10.3% volatile
130 Gambia 3.86 2010 up 47.3% volatile
131 Mauritania 3.83 2010 up 35.8% rising
132 Sudan 3.82 2010 up 8.5% volatile
133 Liberia 3.62 2010 up 30.7% volatile
134 Burundi 3.4 2010 up 42.3% volatile
135 Sierra Leone 3.32 2010 up 18.6% volatile
136 Central African Republic 3.31 2010 up 5.4% volatile
137 Benin 2.96 2010 up 37.0% volatile
138 Yemen 2.84 2010 up 123.6% volatile
139 Senegal 2.6 2010 up 39.0% rising
140 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.56 2010 down 8.2% volatile
141 Afghanistan 2.16 2010 up 57.7% volatile
142 Mali 1.97 2010 up 91.3% volatile
143 Niger 1.22 2010 up 15.1% volatile
144 Mozambique 1.13 2010 up 24.2% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of total schooling, 25-29, female is the average years of education completed among females age 25-29.