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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
14.57
Republic of Korea
Lowest
1.56
Mali
Median
9.48
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 14.57 in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 1.56 in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.48, and the mean is 9.1.

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

Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 95.6%), and the largest decrease in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (down 26.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Korea 14.57 2010 up 10.3% rising
2 Singapore 14.24 2010 up 21.0% rising
3 Switzerland 14.03 2010 up 25.2% rising
4 United States of America 13.67 2010 up 1.7% rising
5 Hong Kong, China 13.61 2010 up 9.9% rising
6 Czechia 13.58 2010 up 2.7% rising
7 Canada 13.57 2010 up 10.2% rising
8 Slovakia 13.43 2010 up 6.6% rising
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.42 2010 up 26.5% rising
10 Japan 13.37 2010 up 3.2% rising
11 Germany 13.3 2010 up 11.3% rising
12 Israel 13.16 2010 up 3.0% rising
13 Poland 12.95 2010 up 7.0% rising
14 Slovenia 12.94 2010 up 5.5% rising
15 Cyprus 12.84 2010 up 2.6% rising
16 Estonia 12.79 2010 up 0.3% rising
17 Netherlands 12.77 2010 up 7.3% rising
18 Hungary 12.76 2010 up 6.1% rising
19 Finland 12.74 2010 up 9.8% rising
20 Ireland 12.72 2010 down 3.2% rising
21 Luxembourg 12.71 2010 up 18.2% rising
22 Iceland 12.62 2010 up 12.8% rising
23 France 12.61 2010 up 15.4% rising
23 Sweden 12.61 2010 up 3.7% rising
25 Belgium 12.58 2010 up 3.3% rising
26 Greece 12.53 2010 up 10.4% rising
27 Malta 12.47 2010 up 1.4% rising
28 New Zealand 12.4 2010 down 2.1% rising
29 Croatia 12.39 2010 up 9.8% rising
30 Denmark 12.19 2010 down 7.5% rising
31 Australia 12 2010 down 4.3% rising
32 Italy 11.97 2010 up 9.4% rising
33 Tonga 11.93 2010 up 24.9% rising
34 Kazakhstan 11.87 2010 up 3.8% rising
35 Serbia 11.85 2010 up 5.8% rising
36 Romania 11.83 2010 up 1.0% rising
37 Russian Federation 11.76 2010 down 13.3% rising
38 Sri Lanka 11.65 2010 up 6.9% rising
39 Austria 11.63 2010 up 17.4% rising
39 Spain 11.63 2010 up 11.4% rising
41 Malaysia 11.62 2010 up 13.8% rising
42 Bulgaria 11.43 2010 up 5.6% rising
43 Trinidad and Tobago 11.37 2010 up 7.3% rising
44 Kyrgyzstan 11.36 2010 up 8.3% rising
45 Chile 11.28 2010 up 13.7% rising
46 Lithuania 11.19 2010 down 9.0% rising
47 Jamaica 11.15 2010 up 10.6% rising
48 Norway 11.05 2010 down 8.1% rising
49 Republic of Moldova 11.02 2010 up 2.9% rising
50 Botswana 10.98 2010 up 17.6% volatile
51 South Africa 10.78 2010 up 25.5% rising
52 Tajikistan 10.77 2010 down 10.1% rising
53 Belize 10.75 2010 unchanged rising
54 Albania 10.73 2010 down 2.5% rising
55 Ukraine 10.7 2010 down 19.3% rising
56 Fiji 10.64 2010 up 0.2% rising
57 Panama 10.39 2010 up 4.5% rising
58 Argentina 10.29 2010 up 5.8% rising
59 Armenia 10.11 2010 down 19.2% rising
60 Jordan 10.04 2010 up 6.4% rising
61 Portugal 10.03 2010 up 12.3% rising
62 Colombia 9.99 2010 up 33.0% rising
63 Macau (China) 9.96 2010 up 27.9% rising
64 Cuba 9.92 2010 down 11.7% rising
65 Peru 9.9 2010 up 2.5% rising
66 Mauritius 9.8 2010 up 30.3% rising
67 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9.76 2010 up 30.8% rising
68 Thailand 9.71 2010 up 39.9% rising
69 Barbados 9.64 2010 up 2.1% rising
70 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.62 2010 up 2.8% rising
71 Mexico 9.55 2010 up 8.0% rising
71 Mongolia 9.55 2010 up 3.1% rising
73 Latvia 9.41 2010 down 20.2% rising
74 Brazil 9.37 2010 up 21.4% volatile
75 Saudi Arabia 9.28 2010 up 24.6% rising
76 Guyana 9.26 2010 up 13.8% rising
77 Libya 9.19 2010 up 19.5% volatile
78 Gabon 9.18 2010 up 9.9% volatile
79 Uruguay 9.11 2010 up 3.3% rising
80 Zimbabwe 9.04 2010 up 15.7% rising
81 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9.01 2010 up 25.3% volatile
82 Ecuador 8.99 2010 up 12.0% rising
83 Costa Rica 8.95 2010 up 8.5% rising
83 El Salvador 8.95 2010 up 4.6% volatile
85 Philippines 8.94 2010 up 4.2% rising
86 United Arab Emirates 8.92 2010 up 1.0% rising
87 Brunei Darussalam 8.82 2010 down 3.1% rising
88 Egypt 8.81 2010 up 41.0% volatile
89 Indonesia 8.72 2010 up 66.4% rising
90 Tunisia 8.61 2010 up 32.3% volatile
91 Dominican Republic 8.56 2010 up 12.2% rising
92 Viet Nam 8.51 2010 up 44.7% rising
93 China 8.44 2010 up 5.6% rising
94 Paraguay 8.43 2010 up 21.3% rising
95 Qatar 8.36 2010 up 19.9% rising
96 Iraq 8.16 2010 up 13.0% volatile
97 Algeria 8.02 2010 up 23.6% volatile
98 Türkiye 7.96 2010 up 22.3% rising
99 Kenya 7.65 2010 up 6.5% volatile
100 Bahrain 7.58 2010 down 0.9% rising
101 Ghana 7.47 2010 down 1.1% volatile
101 Zambia 7.47 2010 up 6.4% rising
103 Cameroon 7.4 2010 up 14.2% volatile
104 Syrian Arab Republic 7.14 2010 up 39.7% rising
105 India 6.99 2010 up 33.1% volatile
106 Namibia 6.96 2010 up 2.5% rising
107 Maldives 6.76 2010 up 47.0% rising
108 Nicaragua 6.55 2010 up 6.9% rising
109 Honduras 6.49 2010 up 5.2% rising
110 Lesotho 6.44 2010 down 5.0% rising
111 Bangladesh 6.11 2010 up 54.3% volatile
112 Uganda 6.07 2010 up 24.6% volatile
113 Kuwait 6.05 2010 down 0.5% rising
114 Haiti 5.75 2010 up 14.1% volatile
115 Congo 5.65 2010 down 20.6% volatile
116 Morocco 5.64 2010 up 21.3% volatile
117 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.54 2010 down 2.6% rising
118 Côte d'Ivoire 5.48 2010 up 27.1% volatile
119 Pakistan 5.39 2010 up 34.8% rising
120 Myanmar 5.21 2010 up 45.9% rising
121 Togo 5.13 2010 down 5.2% volatile
122 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.02 2010 down 2.1% rising
123 Guatemala 5 2010 up 7.1% rising
124 Cambodia 4.68 2010 up 21.9% rising
125 Central African Republic 4.66 2010 up 13.1% volatile
125 Rwanda 4.66 2010 up 85.7% volatile
127 Liberia 4.57 2010 up 1.6% volatile
128 Mauritania 4.5 2010 up 10.3% rising
129 Malawi 4.42 2010 up 9.7% rising
130 Nepal 4.29 2010 up 20.5% volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 4.29 2010 down 9.3% volatile
132 Sudan 4.11 2010 up 5.4% volatile
133 Yemen 4.03 2010 up 89.2% volatile
134 Benin 3.97 2010 up 13.4% volatile
134 Sierra Leone 3.97 2010 up 21.4% volatile
136 Eswatini 3.87 2010 down 20.2% rising
137 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.85 2010 down 26.4% volatile
138 Gambia 3.74 2010 up 59.1% volatile
139 Afghanistan 3.7 2010 up 10.1% volatile
140 Burundi 3.56 2010 up 95.6% rising
141 Senegal 2.86 2010 up 40.9% rising
142 Niger 1.92 2010 up 27.2% volatile
143 Mozambique 1.79 2010 up 47.9% rising
144 Mali 1.56 2010 up 11.4% volatile

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