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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
14.7
Republic of Korea
Lowest
1.66
Mozambique
Median
10.05
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 14.7 in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 1.66 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.05, and the mean is 9.44.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 88.4%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 16.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Korea 14.7 2010 up 8.2% rising
2 Singapore 14.4 2010 up 15.0% rising
3 Hong Kong, China 13.97 2010 up 8.0% rising
4 Iceland 13.75 2010 up 16.5% rising
5 United States of America 13.73 2010 up 2.1% rising
6 Switzerland 13.65 2010 up 23.3% rising
7 Canada 13.48 2010 up 9.5% rising
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.47 2010 up 17.7% rising
9 Japan 13.38 2010 up 2.1% rising
10 Cyprus 13.2 2010 up 3.5% rising
11 Poland 13.13 2010 up 6.9% rising
12 Germany 13.09 2010 up 14.2% rising
13 Luxembourg 13.05 2010 up 19.8% rising
14 Malta 12.92 2010 up 3.4% rising
15 Greece 12.91 2010 up 12.3% rising
16 Israel 12.84 2010 down 2.0% rising
17 Hungary 12.77 2010 up 6.2% rising
18 Slovakia 12.76 2010 up 0.7% rising
19 Ireland 12.7 2010 up 8.9% rising
20 Slovenia 12.66 2010 up 4.6% rising
21 Czechia 12.64 2010 down 4.1% rising
22 Netherlands 12.62 2010 up 5.1% rising
23 France 12.6 2010 up 8.6% rising
24 Croatia 12.55 2010 up 17.4% rising
25 Estonia 12.51 2010 up 1.0% rising
26 Malaysia 12.37 2010 up 15.7% rising
27 Belgium 12.32 2010 down 2.1% rising
27 Finland 12.32 2010 up 6.4% rising
29 Italy 12.29 2010 up 8.4% rising
30 Sweden 12.27 2010 unchanged rising
31 Bulgaria 12.18 2010 up 25.3% rising
32 Serbia 12.15 2010 up 20.9% rising
33 Jamaica 12.14 2010 up 11.0% rising
33 Tonga 12.14 2010 up 25.3% rising
35 Latvia 12.05 2010 up 2.7% rising
36 Australia 12.04 2010 up 4.0% rising
37 Sri Lanka 12.01 2010 down 0.6% rising
38 Cuba 11.96 2010 up 6.8% rising
39 Romania 11.94 2010 up 5.9% rising
40 Russian Federation 11.85 2010 down 11.7% rising
41 Chile 11.71 2010 up 8.1% rising
42 Trinidad and Tobago 11.7 2010 up 9.3% rising
43 Austria 11.59 2010 up 4.3% rising
44 Denmark 11.5 2010 down 3.1% rising
44 Kyrgyzstan 11.5 2010 up 9.6% rising
46 Spain 11.43 2010 up 4.1% rising
46 Lithuania 11.43 2010 down 4.6% rising
48 Kazakhstan 11.42 2010 unchanged rising
49 Republic of Moldova 11.28 2010 up 6.7% rising
50 New Zealand 11.2 2010 down 9.8% rising
51 Jordan 11.07 2010 up 12.0% rising
52 South Africa 11.03 2010 up 20.5% rising
53 Albania 10.91 2010 down 0.5% rising
54 Norway 10.89 2010 down 11.6% rising
55 Fiji 10.88 2010 down 2.8% rising
56 Botswana 10.87 2010 up 2.3% volatile
57 Ukraine 10.84 2010 down 16.9% rising
58 Belize 10.8 2010 down 1.2% rising
59 Portugal 10.75 2010 up 10.7% rising
60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.71 2010 up 8.0% rising
61 Panama 10.66 2010 up 7.2% rising
62 Colombia 10.56 2010 up 35.2% rising
63 Armenia 10.5 2010 down 16.0% rising
63 Mauritius 10.5 2010 up 31.2% rising
65 Thailand 10.49 2010 up 30.3% rising
66 Peru 10.38 2010 up 6.5% rising
67 Argentina 10.34 2010 up 4.9% rising
68 Macau, China 10.25 2010 up 19.2% rising
69 Barbados 10.21 2010 up 6.8% rising
69 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.21 2010 up 22.0% volatile
71 Mexico 10.14 2010 up 14.7% rising
72 Libya 10.06 2010 up 21.2% volatile
73 Egypt 10.04 2010 up 31.2% volatile
73 Guyana 10.04 2010 up 12.3% rising
75 Tunisia 9.98 2010 up 36.7% volatile
76 Brazil 9.81 2010 up 21.3% volatile
77 Mongolia 9.78 2010 up 6.0% rising
78 Tajikistan 9.69 2010 down 12.1% rising
79 Ecuador 9.65 2010 up 20.2% rising
80 Saudi Arabia 9.64 2010 up 14.4% rising
81 Brunei Darussalam 9.56 2010 up 7.9% rising
82 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9.5 2010 up 23.1% rising
83 Philippines 9.44 2010 up 7.0% rising
84 Gabon 9.39 2010 up 3.9% volatile
85 United Arab Emirates 9.3 2010 down 2.5% rising
86 Costa Rica 9.27 2010 up 11.4% rising
86 El Salvador 9.27 2010 up 13.7% rising
88 Indonesia 9.22 2010 up 76.0% rising
89 Dominican Republic 9.12 2010 up 24.9% rising
90 Paraguay 9.11 2010 up 25.3% rising
91 Uruguay 9.09 2010 up 0.1% rising
92 China 8.87 2010 up 6.2% rising
93 Maldives 8.62 2010 up 87.4% rising
94 Zimbabwe 8.54 2010 up 6.8% rising
95 Ghana 8.51 2010 up 26.8% rising
96 Türkiye 8.5 2010 up 17.7% rising
97 Viet Nam 8.42 2010 up 34.1% rising
98 Bangladesh 8.31 2010 up 88.4% volatile
99 Bahrain 8.2 2010 down 5.5% rising
99 Qatar 8.2 2010 up 15.7% rising
101 Algeria 8.07 2010 up 1.1% volatile
102 India 7.76 2010 up 30.0% volatile
103 Iraq 7.75 2010 up 2.4% volatile
104 Kenya 7.71 2010 up 2.8% rising
105 Syrian Arab Republic 7.34 2010 up 45.9% rising
106 Cameroon 7.18 2010 up 1.7% rising
107 Nicaragua 7.14 2010 up 12.6% rising
108 Malawi 7.09 2010 up 66.8% volatile
108 Zambia 7.09 2010 up 1.1% rising
110 Honduras 7.06 2010 up 12.1% rising
111 Namibia 7.03 2010 down 2.1% rising
112 Lesotho 6.77 2010 down 2.3% rising
113 Uganda 6.64 2010 up 28.7% rising
114 Eswatini 6.55 2010 up 23.8% rising
115 Myanmar 6.36 2010 up 42.6% rising
116 Kuwait 6.33 2010 down 3.5% rising
117 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.02 2010 up 6.4% rising
118 Pakistan 5.98 2010 up 30.9% rising
119 Togo 5.89 2010 up 2.1% volatile
120 Morocco 5.75 2010 up 5.9% volatile
121 Haiti 5.7 2010 up 2.7% volatile
122 Côte d'Ivoire 5.63 2010 up 7.4% volatile
123 Guatemala 5.48 2010 up 10.0% rising
123 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.48 2010 up 17.8% rising
125 Congo 5.36 2010 down 14.5% rising
126 Cambodia 5.32 2010 up 27.3% rising
127 Afghanistan 5.24 2010 up 69.0% volatile
128 Papua New Guinea 5.2 2010 up 23.5% volatile
129 Mauritania 5.12 2010 up 27.0% rising
130 Nepal 5.1 2010 up 50.9% volatile
131 Rwanda 5.06 2010 up 56.2% volatile
132 Yemen 4.74 2010 up 49.5% volatile
133 Liberia 4.73 2010 up 10.8% volatile
134 Gambia 4.65 2010 up 28.8% volatile
135 Benin 4.43 2010 up 35.1% volatile
135 Central African Republic 4.43 2010 down 0.7% volatile
137 Sierra Leone 4.24 2010 up 22.9% volatile
138 Sudan 4.16 2010 up 1.0% volatile
139 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.75 2010 down 12.6% rising
140 Burundi 3.61 2010 up 26.2% rising
141 Senegal 3.16 2010 up 25.4% rising
142 Mali 2.01 2010 up 44.6% volatile
143 Niger 1.87 2010 up 2.7% volatile
144 Mozambique 1.66 2010 up 38.3% rising

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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, 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, 25-29, total is the average years of education completed among people age 25-29.