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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 30-34, female is the average years of education completed among females age 30-34.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
14.55
South Korea
Lowest
1.2
Niger
Median
9.91
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 14.55 in South Korea; the lowest is 1.2 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.91, and the mean is 9.04.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 267.7%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 29.9%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 14.55 2010 up 11.8% rising
2 Singapore 14.2 2010 up 21.5% volatile
3 Switzerland 13.94 2010 up 29.1% rising
4 Canada 13.86 2010 up 10.9% rising
5 United States 13.84 2010 up 1.6% rising
6 Japan 13.73 2010 up 4.6% rising
7 Czechia 13.67 2010 up 3.6% rising
8 Slovakia 13.5 2010 up 7.2% rising
9 United Kingdom 13.45 2010 up 26.3% rising
10 Hong Kong 13.41 2010 up 8.5% rising
10 Israel 13.41 2010 up 3.1% rising
12 Slovenia 13.39 2010 up 7.4% rising
13 Estonia 13.31 2010 up 1.2% rising
14 Germany 13.27 2010 up 14.2% rising
15 Poland 13.24 2010 up 8.2% rising
16 Cyprus 13.01 2010 up 3.3% rising
17 Finland 13 2010 up 8.2% rising
18 Greece 12.98 2010 up 12.2% rising
19 Netherlands 12.97 2010 up 8.4% rising
20 Hungary 12.96 2010 up 7.2% rising
21 New Zealand 12.95 2010 up 0.4% rising
21 Sweden 12.95 2010 up 5.2% rising
23 Ireland 12.89 2010 down 3.6% rising
24 Luxembourg 12.84 2010 up 21.0% rising
25 Iceland 12.78 2010 up 9.8% rising
26 Belgium 12.74 2010 up 3.3% rising
27 France 12.66 2010 up 16.1% rising
28 Croatia 12.62 2010 up 11.5% rising
29 Malta 12.52 2010 up 2.5% rising
30 Italy 12.34 2010 up 10.3% rising
31 Denmark 12.25 2010 down 8.0% rising
32 Australia 12.22 2010 down 3.2% rising
33 Tonga 12.14 2010 up 27.5% rising
34 Spain 12.07 2010 up 12.5% rising
34 Serbia 12.07 2010 up 7.3% rising
36 Kazakhstan 12.06 2010 up 4.4% rising
37 Russia 11.88 2010 down 13.4% rising
38 Romania 11.84 2010 up 1.2% rising
39 Malaysia 11.79 2010 up 17.2% volatile
40 Sri Lanka 11.76 2010 up 6.7% rising
41 Bulgaria 11.69 2010 up 6.4% rising
42 Austria 11.62 2010 up 22.6% rising
43 Jamaica 11.56 2010 up 10.8% rising
44 Lithuania 11.54 2010 down 7.5% rising
45 Trinidad and Tobago 11.46 2010 up 7.0% rising
46 Kyrgyzstan 11.44 2010 up 7.0% rising
46 Norway 11.44 2010 down 6.1% rising
48 Chile 11.38 2010 up 15.1% rising
49 Moldova 11.13 2010 up 2.2% rising
50 Libya 10.96 2010 up 49.1% volatile
51 Botswana 10.93 2010 up 12.0% volatile
51 Ukraine 10.93 2010 down 19.3% rising
53 Fiji 10.89 2010 up 2.5% rising
54 South Africa 10.87 2010 up 27.4% rising
55 Belize 10.77 2010 down 0.2% rising
55 Panama 10.77 2010 up 5.8% rising
57 Albania 10.74 2010 down 2.2% rising
58 Portugal 10.7 2010 up 16.7% rising
59 United Arab Emirates 10.66 2010 up 9.1% volatile
59 Tajikistan 10.66 2010 down 9.6% rising
61 Argentina 10.56 2010 up 5.2% rising
62 Gabon 10.46 2010 up 15.5% volatile
63 Venezuela 10.42 2010 up 34.1% rising
64 Armenia 10.3 2010 down 18.3% rising
65 Cuba 10.24 2010 down 10.8% rising
66 Mongolia 10.21 2010 up 7.0% rising
67 Colombia 10.13 2010 up 33.6% rising
67 Qatar 10.13 2010 up 24.9% rising
69 Jordan 10.01 2010 up 5.0% volatile
69 Macao 10.01 2010 up 31.0% rising
71 Mauritius 9.98 2010 up 35.8% rising
72 Thailand 9.94 2010 up 48.1% rising
73 Guyana 9.88 2010 up 13.4% rising
74 Barbados 9.83 2010 up 2.1% rising
75 Brazil 9.69 2010 up 16.9% volatile
76 Saudi Arabia 9.66 2010 up 47.5% volatile
77 Latvia 9.56 2010 down 20.3% rising
78 Peru 9.54 2010 up 4.4% rising
79 Uruguay 9.53 2010 up 12.6% rising
80 Mexico 9.51 2010 up 9.8% rising
81 Philippines 9.24 2010 up 5.0% rising
82 Bolivia 9.23 2010 up 6.1% rising
83 Dominican Republic 9.2 2010 up 10.0% rising
84 Iran 9.14 2010 up 41.9% volatile
85 Costa Rica 9.05 2010 up 8.1% rising
86 Ecuador 8.96 2010 up 11.7% rising
87 Zimbabwe 8.86 2010 up 23.2% volatile
88 El Salvador 8.85 2010 up 6.6% volatile
89 Brunei 8.63 2010 down 2.9% rising
90 Indonesia 8.5 2010 up 79.7% volatile
91 Vietnam 8.39 2010 up 46.9% rising
92 China 8.29 2010 up 9.5% rising
93 Tunisia 8.28 2010 up 53.6% volatile
94 Paraguay 8.18 2010 up 17.9% rising
95 Bahrain 7.99 2010 down 1.0% volatile
96 Egypt 7.92 2010 up 50.3% volatile
97 Algeria 7.74 2010 up 48.0% volatile
98 Lesotho 7.46 2010 down 3.7% rising
99 Namibia 7.36 2010 up 6.5% rising
100 Turkey 7.33 2010 up 32.1% volatile
101 Kuwait 7.15 2010 up 9.8% rising
102 Zambia 7.11 2010 up 12.1% rising
103 Iraq 7.06 2010 up 21.3% volatile
104 Cameroon 6.97 2010 up 20.4% volatile
105 Nicaragua 6.96 2010 up 13.5% volatile
106 Kenya 6.84 2010 up 10.0% volatile
107 Syria 6.82 2010 up 46.4% volatile
108 Honduras 6.72 2010 up 9.4% rising
109 Ghana 6.54 2010 up 3.2% volatile
110 Maldives 6.33 2010 up 50.0% rising
111 Myanmar 5.81 2010 up 55.8% volatile
112 India 5.79 2010 up 83.8% volatile
113 Bangladesh 5.56 2010 up 57.1% volatile
114 Tanzania 5.38 2010 up 1.7% volatile
115 Uganda 5.34 2010 up 36.6% volatile
116 Guatemala 4.97 2010 up 18.6% rising
117 Congo 4.94 2010 down 28.2% volatile
118 Rwanda 4.76 2010 up 92.7% volatile
119 Haiti 4.62 2010 up 23.9% volatile
120 Laos 4.57 2010 up 4.1% volatile
121 Morocco 4.55 2010 up 25.7% volatile
122 Cote d'Ivoire 4.38 2010 up 42.7% volatile
123 Eswatini 4.08 2010 down 16.0% rising
124 Papua New Guinea 4.01 2010 up 36.9% volatile
125 Cambodia 3.92 2010 up 33.8% volatile
126 Pakistan 3.83 2010 up 57.0% volatile
127 Malawi 3.81 2010 up 27.4% volatile
128 Sudan 3.58 2010 up 12.6% volatile
129 Central African Republic 3.5 2010 up 22.8% volatile
129 Togo 3.5 2010 down 2.8% volatile
131 Nepal 3.48 2010 up 64.9% volatile
132 Liberia 3.23 2010 up 24.2% volatile
133 Burundi 3.22 2010 up 122.1% volatile
134 Mauritania 3.13 2010 up 1.3% rising
135 Gambia 2.91 2010 up 102.1% volatile
136 Sierra Leone 2.83 2010 up 31.6% volatile
137 Benin 2.72 2010 up 22.5% volatile
138 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.62 2010 down 29.9% volatile
139 Yemen 2.28 2010 up 267.7% volatile
140 Senegal 2.25 2010 up 63.0% rising
141 Afghanistan 1.81 2010 up 39.2% volatile
142 Mali 1.55 2010 up 55.0% volatile
143 Mozambique 1.28 2010 up 75.3% volatile
144 Niger 1.2 2010 up 44.6% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, 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, 30-34, female is the average years of education completed among females age 30-34.