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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.44
United States of America
Lowest
0.79
Mozambique
Median
8.32
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.44 in United States of America; the lowest is 0.79 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.32, and the mean is 7.75.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.

Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 211.9%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 1.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States of America 13.44 2010 up 4.3% rising
2 Czechia 13.03 2010 up 2.8% rising
3 Slovakia 12.98 2010 up 17.5% rising
4 Switzerland 12.97 2010 up 38.0% rising
5 Estonia 12.71 2010 up 7.7% rising
6 Israel 12.69 2010 up 8.1% rising
7 Canada 12.61 2010 up 15.7% rising
8 Ireland 12.31 2010 up 13.0% rising
9 Germany 12.3 2010 up 27.2% rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.15 2010 up 24.2% rising
11 Slovenia 12.08 2010 up 6.2% rising
12 Hungary 12.06 2010 up 9.6% rising
13 Sweden 12 2010 up 4.7% rising
14 Norway 11.87 2010 up 7.9% rising
15 Finland 11.82 2010 up 28.2% rising
16 Australia 11.81 2010 up 5.8% rising
17 New Zealand 11.69 2010 up 0.9% rising
18 Belize 11.61 2010 up 15.1% rising
19 Russian Federation 11.59 2010 up 6.5% rising
20 Bulgaria 11.44 2010 up 23.7% rising
21 Japan 11.34 2010 up 8.2% rising
22 Kazakhstan 11.33 2010 up 11.1% rising
23 Denmark 11.32 2010 up 8.7% rising
24 Poland 11.3 2010 up 10.7% rising
25 Netherlands 11.29 2010 up 6.5% rising
25 Ukraine 11.29 2010 up 9.4% rising
27 Republic of Korea 11.15 2010 up 16.5% rising
28 Croatia 11.04 2010 up 19.2% rising
29 Kyrgyzstan 11.01 2010 up 15.4% rising
30 Lithuania 10.97 2010 up 13.8% rising
31 Armenia 10.84 2010 up 1.4% rising
32 Tajikistan 10.83 2010 up 1.6% rising
33 Cyprus 10.77 2010 up 18.2% rising
34 Iceland 10.76 2010 up 12.2% rising
35 Tonga 10.68 2010 up 19.5% rising
36 Hong Kong, China 10.6 2010 up 27.4% rising
36 Luxembourg 10.6 2010 up 15.7% rising
38 Belgium 10.54 2010 up 5.7% rising
39 Republic of Moldova 10.53 2010 up 19.9% rising
40 Latvia 10.47 2010 up 11.0% rising
41 Romania 10.46 2010 up 9.9% rising
41 Serbia 10.46 2010 up 19.8% rising
43 France 10.4 2010 up 12.2% rising
44 Trinidad and Tobago 10.33 2010 up 13.9% rising
45 Singapore 10.12 2010 up 22.2% volatile
46 Spain 10.1 2010 up 18.1% rising
47 Greece 9.96 2010 up 24.0% rising
47 Jamaica 9.96 2010 up 12.4% rising
49 United Arab Emirates 9.93 2010 up 14.1% volatile
50 Malta 9.89 2010 up 12.8% rising
51 Chile 9.6 2010 up 12.1% rising
51 Sri Lanka 9.6 2010 up 1.8% rising
53 Albania 9.57 2010 up 7.9% rising
54 Qatar 9.56 2010 up 36.2% volatile
55 Mongolia 9.53 2010 up 17.9% volatile
56 Cuba 9.51 2010 up 10.8% rising
57 Argentina 9.48 2010 up 10.0% rising
58 Barbados 9.46 2010 up 8.2% rising
58 Fiji 9.46 2010 up 1.2% rising
60 Malaysia 9.38 2010 up 24.4% volatile
61 Panama 9.37 2010 up 8.2% rising
62 South Africa 9.27 2010 up 33.0% rising
63 Italy 9.21 2010 up 12.3% rising
64 Austria 9 2010 up 11.2% rising
65 Guyana 8.93 2010 up 10.0% rising
66 Botswana 8.68 2010 up 14.7% volatile
67 Gabon 8.63 2010 up 22.9% volatile
68 Jordan 8.58 2010 up 28.8% volatile
69 Brunei Darussalam 8.48 2010 up 6.4% volatile
70 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.41 2010 up 33.3% rising
71 Colombia 8.4 2010 up 31.0% rising
72 Philippines 8.37 2010 up 10.3% rising
73 Uruguay 8.28 2010 up 7.1% rising
74 Mexico 8.09 2010 up 20.6% rising
75 Peru 8.04 2010 up 6.5% rising
76 Macau, China 7.95 2010 up 29.5% rising
77 Costa Rica 7.89 2010 up 5.6% rising
78 Brazil 7.8 2010 up 31.1% rising
79 Dominican Republic 7.79 2010 up 17.3% rising
80 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7.74 2010 up 45.8% volatile
81 Libya 7.73 2010 up 59.4% volatile
82 Mauritius 7.65 2010 up 39.1% rising
83 El Salvador 7.4 2010 up 38.1% volatile
84 Ecuador 7.35 2010 up 10.7% rising
85 Saudi Arabia 7.17 2010 up 35.5% volatile
86 Paraguay 7.11 2010 up 27.4% rising
87 Thailand 7.1 2010 up 58.8% rising
88 Portugal 7.08 2010 up 11.3% rising
89 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.05 2010 up 8.3% rising
90 Viet Nam 7 2010 up 40.6% rising
91 Bahrain 6.81 2010 down 1.3% volatile
91 Kuwait 6.81 2010 up 12.0% rising
93 Indonesia 6.71 2010 up 60.1% volatile
94 Zimbabwe 6.69 2010 up 30.9% rising
95 China 6.61 2010 up 17.2% volatile
96 Namibia 6.32 2010 up 15.3% rising
97 Lesotho 6.31 2010 down 1.4% rising
98 Nicaragua 6.17 2010 up 26.2% volatile
99 Kenya 5.84 2010 up 41.7% volatile
99 Zambia 5.84 2010 up 21.4% volatile
101 Ghana 5.7 2010 up 18.3% volatile
101 Tunisia 5.7 2010 up 54.5% volatile
103 Türkiye 5.69 2010 up 30.5% volatile
104 Honduras 5.54 2010 up 10.6% rising
105 Egypt 5.44 2010 up 55.0% volatile
106 Syrian Arab Republic 5.4 2010 up 33.0% volatile
107 Algeria 5.31 2010 up 41.6% volatile
108 Cameroon 5.27 2010 up 33.8% volatile
109 Iraq 5.09 2010 up 38.3% volatile
110 Congo 4.9 2010 up 2.5% volatile
111 Uganda 4.51 2010 up 53.9% volatile
112 Tanzania, United Republic of 4.46 2010 up 15.8% volatile
113 Bangladesh 4.45 2010 up 40.4% volatile
114 Myanmar 4.25 2010 up 38.9% volatile
115 Maldives 4.07 2010 up 45.9% flat
116 Guatemala 4.02 2010 up 21.1% rising
117 Eswatini 3.86 2010 down 1.5% rising
118 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.83 2010 up 32.1% volatile
119 India 3.56 2010 up 11.6% volatile
120 Malawi 3.43 2010 up 61.8% volatile
121 Rwanda 3.32 2010 up 74.7% volatile
122 Morocco 3.23 2010 up 38.6% volatile
123 Cambodia 3.16 2010 up 40.4% volatile
124 Côte d'Ivoire 3.15 2010 up 48.6% volatile
124 Papua New Guinea 3.15 2010 up 35.8% volatile
126 Haiti 3.08 2010 up 20.8% volatile
127 Pakistan 2.85 2010 up 50.8% volatile
127 Togo 2.85 2010 up 18.8% volatile
129 Mauritania 2.72 2010 up 29.5% rising
130 Liberia 2.56 2010 up 41.4% volatile
131 Sudan 2.51 2010 up 43.4% volatile
132 Central African Republic 2.35 2010 up 38.2% volatile
133 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.33 2010 up 14.2% volatile
134 Nepal 2.25 2010 up 86.0% volatile
135 Burundi 2.24 2010 up 71.0% volatile
136 Sierra Leone 2.16 2010 up 41.2% volatile
137 Benin 2.06 2010 up 35.5% volatile
138 Gambia 2.01 2010 up 62.1% volatile
139 Senegal 1.78 2010 up 44.7% rising
140 Mali 1.62 2010 up 157.1% volatile
141 Yemen 1.31 2010 up 211.9% volatile
142 Afghanistan 1.16 2010 up 48.7% volatile
143 Niger 0.83 2010 up 53.7% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.79 2010 up 51.9% rising

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, 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+, female is the average years of education completed among females over age 25.