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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.42
Switzerland
Lowest
1.24
Mozambique
Median
8.18
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.42 in Switzerland; the lowest is 1.24 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.18, and the mean is 8.09.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 139 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 116.7%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 4.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Switzerland 13.42 2010 up 30.4% rising
1 United States of America 13.42 2010 up 3.8% rising
3 Czechia 13.16 2010 up 1.9% rising
4 Slovakia 13.07 2010 up 13.5% rising
5 Israel 12.76 2010 up 8.1% rising
6 Germany 12.69 2010 up 20.7% rising
7 Canada 12.56 2010 up 14.4% rising
8 Estonia 12.48 2010 up 6.3% rising
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.32 2010 up 24.9% rising
10 Ireland 12.2 2010 up 12.5% rising
11 Hungary 12.14 2010 up 8.0% rising
12 Slovenia 12.13 2010 up 4.8% rising
13 Republic of Korea 11.89 2010 up 12.3% rising
13 Sweden 11.89 2010 up 4.1% rising
15 Finland 11.82 2010 up 26.8% rising
16 Norway 11.8 2010 up 5.3% rising
17 Australia 11.77 2010 up 4.5% rising
18 Russian Federation 11.73 2010 up 5.4% rising
19 Netherlands 11.6 2010 up 5.6% rising
20 Belize 11.59 2010 up 14.8% rising
21 Denmark 11.53 2010 up 7.5% rising
22 Japan 11.52 2010 up 7.4% rising
23 Bulgaria 11.45 2010 up 22.5% rising
24 Croatia 11.42 2010 up 15.6% rising
24 Kazakhstan 11.42 2010 up 9.0% rising
24 Poland 11.42 2010 up 9.6% rising
27 Ukraine 11.34 2010 up 6.2% rising
28 New Zealand 11.3 2010 down 2.6% rising
29 Luxembourg 11.22 2010 up 15.9% rising
30 Cyprus 11.11 2010 up 14.8% rising
31 Kyrgyzstan 11.08 2010 up 13.9% rising
32 Lithuania 11.05 2010 up 12.1% rising
33 Hong Kong, China 11.02 2010 up 25.2% rising
34 Serbia 10.97 2010 up 16.8% rising
35 Tajikistan 10.9 2010 down 1.9% rising
36 Armenia 10.87 2010 up 0.6% rising
37 Romania 10.81 2010 up 7.9% rising
38 Belgium 10.78 2010 up 5.7% rising
39 Tonga 10.71 2010 up 18.0% rising
40 Republic of Moldova 10.66 2010 up 17.0% rising
41 France 10.64 2010 up 11.6% rising
42 Singapore 10.63 2010 up 19.4% rising
43 Iceland 10.59 2010 up 12.1% rising
44 Latvia 10.48 2010 up 10.7% rising
45 Trinidad and Tobago 10.37 2010 up 13.1% rising
46 Malta 10.33 2010 up 11.3% rising
47 Spain 10.3 2010 up 15.9% rising
48 Greece 10.26 2010 up 19.7% rising
49 Austria 9.89 2010 up 9.4% rising
50 Albania 9.85 2010 up 5.7% rising
51 Sri Lanka 9.76 2010 up 1.1% rising
52 Malaysia 9.75 2010 up 19.5% rising
53 Chile 9.71 2010 up 11.0% rising
54 Jamaica 9.67 2010 up 12.2% rising
55 Cuba 9.65 2010 up 9.7% rising
56 Fiji 9.58 2010 down 0.3% rising
57 Italy 9.54 2010 up 11.2% rising
58 Argentina 9.48 2010 up 10.9% rising
59 South Africa 9.43 2010 up 30.4% rising
60 Barbados 9.32 2010 up 7.4% rising
61 Mongolia 9.28 2010 up 13.3% rising
62 Jordan 9.21 2010 up 19.3% volatile
63 Panama 9.15 2010 up 7.3% rising
64 United Arab Emirates 8.88 2010 up 7.1% volatile
65 Botswana 8.87 2010 up 16.6% volatile
66 Brunei Darussalam 8.77 2010 up 5.8% rising
67 Peru 8.68 2010 up 5.0% rising
68 Guyana 8.5 2010 up 10.1% rising
69 Colombia 8.45 2010 up 30.0% rising
69 Qatar 8.45 2010 up 31.6% rising
71 Mexico 8.33 2010 up 17.2% rising
72 Mauritius 8.19 2010 up 32.7% rising
73 Philippines 8.18 2010 up 8.5% rising
74 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.17 2010 up 31.4% volatile
75 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.16 2010 up 29.9% rising
76 Uruguay 8.11 2010 up 2.1% rising
77 Macau, China 8.09 2010 up 24.1% rising
78 Costa Rica 7.84 2010 up 5.1% rising
79 Saudi Arabia 7.79 2010 up 17.3% rising
80 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.77 2010 up 4.4% rising
81 Brazil 7.66 2010 up 32.5% rising
81 El Salvador 7.66 2010 up 33.7% rising
83 Gabon 7.57 2010 up 23.1% volatile
84 Dominican Republic 7.56 2010 up 20.8% rising
85 Viet Nam 7.45 2010 up 37.5% rising
86 Ecuador 7.44 2010 up 10.1% rising
87 Libya 7.31 2010 up 31.0% volatile
88 Thailand 7.3 2010 up 51.8% rising
89 Indonesia 7.26 2010 up 52.8% rising
90 Zimbabwe 7.25 2010 up 23.1% rising
91 Paraguay 7.24 2010 up 23.3% rising
92 Portugal 7.2 2010 up 7.5% rising
93 China 7.12 2010 up 10.0% rising
94 Bahrain 6.79 2010 down 4.6% volatile
95 Ghana 6.76 2010 up 10.3% volatile
96 Zambia 6.6 2010 up 12.2% rising
97 Tunisia 6.58 2010 up 34.3% volatile
98 Türkiye 6.56 2010 up 18.4% rising
99 Egypt 6.55 2010 up 37.9% volatile
100 Iraq 6.38 2010 up 26.6% volatile
101 Kuwait 6.26 2010 up 3.1% rising
102 Syrian Arab Republic 6.25 2010 up 36.5% volatile
103 Namibia 6.22 2010 up 11.9% rising
104 Kenya 6.19 2010 up 17.7% volatile
105 Nicaragua 6 2010 up 18.1% rising
106 Algeria 5.98 2010 up 23.6% volatile
107 Cameroon 5.96 2010 up 23.1% volatile
108 Congo 5.67 2010 up 4.2% volatile
109 Lesotho 5.63 2010 down 0.7% rising
110 Honduras 5.5 2010 up 8.3% rising
111 Uganda 5.42 2010 up 40.4% volatile
112 India 5.39 2010 up 22.2% volatile
113 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.12 2010 up 12.0% rising
114 Bangladesh 4.91 2010 up 33.1% volatile
115 Haiti 4.74 2010 up 26.4% volatile
116 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.57 2010 up 17.2% rising
117 Pakistan 4.45 2010 up 36.1% volatile
118 Maldives 4.38 2010 up 43.6% falling
119 Togo 4.33 2010 up 8.8% volatile
120 Guatemala 4.3 2010 up 15.0% rising
121 Malawi 4.29 2010 up 40.7% rising
122 Morocco 4.24 2010 up 30.1% volatile
123 Côte d'Ivoire 4.22 2010 up 29.8% volatile
124 Cambodia 4.1 2010 up 27.3% rising
125 Liberia 4.09 2010 up 18.2% volatile
125 Myanmar 4.09 2010 up 31.9% rising
127 Eswatini 4.02 2010 up 4.1% rising
128 Papua New Guinea 3.95 2010 up 21.2% volatile
129 Mauritania 3.77 2010 up 26.9% rising
130 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.61 2010 up 9.7% volatile
131 Central African Republic 3.57 2010 up 24.8% volatile
132 Rwanda 3.48 2010 up 53.3% volatile
133 Nepal 3.31 2010 up 39.7% volatile
134 Benin 3.3 2010 up 28.4% volatile
135 Afghanistan 3.23 2010 up 49.5% volatile
136 Sudan 3.13 2010 up 28.3% volatile
137 Sierra Leone 3.06 2010 up 33.0% volatile
138 Gambia 2.82 2010 up 41.7% volatile
139 Burundi 2.68 2010 up 45.7% volatile
140 Yemen 2.6 2010 up 116.7% volatile
141 Senegal 2.4 2010 up 27.0% flat
142 Mali 1.5 2010 up 48.5% volatile
143 Niger 1.45 2010 up 31.8% volatile
144 Mozambique 1.24 2010 up 36.3% rising

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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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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+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 25.