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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 35-39, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 35-39, female is the average years of education completed among females age 35-39.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.9
Russia
Lowest
0.93
Mozambique
Median
9.19
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 35-39, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.9 in Russia; the lowest is 0.93 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.19, and the mean is 8.64.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.

Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 412.0%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 14.9%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 35-39, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 13.9 2010 up 9.0% rising
2 South Korea 13.87 2010 up 13.8% rising
3 United States 13.77 2010 up 2.5% rising
4 Canada 13.68 2010 up 16.3% rising
5 Israel 13.67 2010 up 6.2% rising
6 Czechia 13.43 2010 up 2.0% rising
6 Slovakia 13.43 2010 up 8.2% rising
8 Ukraine 13.42 2010 up 5.9% rising
9 Switzerland 13.33 2010 up 28.1% rising
10 Singapore 13.32 2010 up 26.6% volatile
11 Lithuania 13.29 2010 up 14.4% rising
12 Estonia 13.25 2010 down 0.2% rising
12 Japan 13.25 2010 up 3.4% rising
14 Germany 13.06 2010 up 13.7% rising
15 United Kingdom 13.05 2010 up 26.0% rising
16 Finland 12.97 2010 up 9.9% rising
17 Sweden 12.87 2010 up 3.0% rising
18 Hong Kong 12.81 2010 up 15.6% rising
19 Poland 12.66 2010 up 5.9% rising
19 Slovenia 12.66 2010 up 2.7% rising
21 Armenia 12.65 2010 up 9.6% rising
22 Hungary 12.53 2010 up 5.1% rising
23 Cyprus 12.51 2010 up 3.9% rising
24 Denmark 12.48 2010 down 5.5% rising
25 Ireland 12.41 2010 down 3.6% rising
26 Belgium 12.33 2010 up 5.3% rising
27 Greece 12.29 2010 up 13.2% rising
28 Belize 12.26 2010 up 19.5% rising
28 Netherlands 12.26 2010 up 7.0% rising
30 Malta 12.19 2010 up 1.3% rising
31 Iceland 12.13 2010 up 10.9% rising
32 Croatia 12.06 2010 up 8.5% rising
33 France 12.03 2010 up 10.2% rising
33 Norway 12.03 2010 down 6.7% rising
35 Latvia 11.93 2010 up 6.3% rising
36 Australia 11.91 2010 down 2.8% rising
37 Kazakhstan 11.87 2010 up 2.4% rising
38 Luxembourg 11.83 2010 up 16.0% rising
39 Serbia 11.73 2010 up 5.2% rising
40 New Zealand 11.72 2010 down 7.3% rising
41 Romania 11.58 2010 up 0.6% rising
42 Italy 11.55 2010 up 10.0% rising
43 Cuba 11.52 2010 up 4.3% rising
44 Kyrgyzstan 11.47 2010 up 7.1% rising
45 Spain 11.41 2010 up 1.3% rising
46 Jamaica 11.38 2010 up 13.0% rising
47 Bulgaria 11.37 2010 up 4.5% rising
48 Moldova 11.33 2010 up 3.8% rising
49 Austria 11.01 2010 up 16.1% rising
49 Trinidad and Tobago 11.01 2010 up 14.2% rising
51 Tajikistan 10.92 2010 down 6.5% rising
51 Tonga 10.92 2010 up 8.7% rising
53 Albania 10.91 2010 up 0.5% rising
54 Sri Lanka 10.85 2010 up 4.0% rising
55 Chile 10.7 2010 up 6.7% rising
55 Fiji 10.7 2010 up 2.7% rising
55 Malaysia 10.7 2010 up 25.1% volatile
58 Botswana 10.66 2010 up 34.4% volatile
59 United Arab Emirates 10.53 2010 up 13.2% volatile
60 Argentina 10.38 2010 up 9.1% rising
61 Mongolia 10.34 2010 up 15.3% volatile
62 Panama 10.28 2010 up 4.9% rising
63 South Africa 10.15 2010 up 39.8% rising
64 Qatar 9.89 2010 up 28.6% volatile
65 Gabon 9.79 2010 up 8.9% volatile
66 Barbados 9.78 2010 up 3.8% rising
67 Thailand 9.72 2010 up 81.7% volatile
68 Venezuela 9.69 2010 up 33.7% rising
69 Jordan 9.56 2010 up 24.2% volatile
70 Guyana 9.53 2010 up 9.8% rising
71 Mauritius 9.39 2010 up 42.5% rising
72 Uruguay 9.23 2010 up 9.1% rising
73 Colombia 9.14 2010 up 20.4% rising
74 Macao 9.13 2010 up 36.5% rising
75 Brazil 9.12 2010 up 44.3% volatile
76 Mexico 9.06 2010 up 23.9% rising
77 Portugal 8.94 2010 down 6.8% rising
78 Peru 8.84 2010 down 0.6% rising
79 Philippines 8.81 2010 up 20.9% rising
80 Brunei 8.71 2010 down 4.4% volatile
81 Dominican Republic 8.49 2010 up 23.9% rising
82 Libya 8.43 2010 up 57.9% volatile
83 Ecuador 8.36 2010 up 11.9% rising
84 El Salvador 8.35 2010 up 43.5% volatile
85 Saudi Arabia 8.34 2010 up 26.9% volatile
86 Bahrain 8.29 2010 up 7.4% volatile
87 Costa Rica 8.19 2010 down 3.6% rising
88 Paraguay 8 2010 up 22.3% rising
89 Bolivia 7.64 2010 up 0.9% rising
90 Indonesia 7.63 2010 up 69.2% volatile
90 Vietnam 7.63 2010 up 35.3% rising
92 Iran 7.56 2010 up 18.5% volatile
93 China 7.53 2010 up 2.3% rising
94 Zimbabwe 7.5 2010 up 48.8% volatile
95 Namibia 7.43 2010 up 22.4% rising
96 Congo 7.12 2010 up 1.9% volatile
97 Lesotho 6.95 2010 down 14.9% rising
98 Kuwait 6.9 2010 up 9.0% volatile
99 Nicaragua 6.88 2010 up 21.1% volatile
100 Egypt 6.77 2010 up 58.2% volatile
101 Algeria 6.75 2010 up 39.8% volatile
102 Kenya 6.7 2010 up 45.3% volatile
103 Iraq 6.67 2010 up 68.4% volatile
104 Zambia 6.56 2010 up 28.6% rising
105 Cameroon 6.48 2010 up 30.4% volatile
106 Turkey 6.3 2010 up 15.4% volatile
107 Tunisia 6.29 2010 up 30.0% volatile
108 Syria 6.2 2010 up 10.7% volatile
109 Honduras 6.15 2010 up 10.0% rising
110 Ghana 5.74 2010 down 10.3% volatile
111 Tanzania 5.39 2010 up 31.8% volatile
112 Myanmar 4.99 2010 up 42.2% volatile
113 Uganda 4.83 2010 up 47.7% volatile
114 Haiti 4.37 2010 up 35.7% volatile
115 India 4.35 2010 up 73.3% volatile
116 Morocco 4.34 2010 up 57.8% volatile
117 Guatemala 4.22 2010 up 17.2% rising
118 Laos 4.14 2010 up 7.0% volatile
119 Cote d'Ivoire 4.09 2010 up 81.0% volatile
120 Bangladesh 3.97 2010 up 21.0% volatile
121 Eswatini 3.88 2010 down 8.5% rising
122 Maldives 3.76 2010 up 54.1% falling
123 Papua New Guinea 3.71 2010 up 52.7% volatile
124 Sudan 3.52 2010 up 41.9% volatile
125 Cambodia 3.51 2010 up 46.2% volatile
126 Rwanda 3.45 2010 up 64.3% volatile
127 Togo 3.36 2010 up 20.0% volatile
128 Malawi 3.35 2010 up 30.9% volatile
129 Central African Republic 3.18 2010 up 65.6% volatile
130 Mauritania 2.87 2010 up 31.7% rising
131 Sierra Leone 2.83 2010 up 63.6% volatile
132 Liberia 2.82 2010 up 31.2% volatile
133 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.79 2010 up 4.5% volatile
134 Pakistan 2.7 2010 up 20.5% volatile
135 Gambia 2.62 2010 up 142.6% volatile
136 Burundi 2.44 2010 up 89.1% volatile
137 Nepal 2.26 2010 up 78.0% volatile
138 Benin 2.18 2010 up 23.2% volatile
139 Senegal 1.85 2010 up 40.2% rising
140 Mali 1.74 2010 up 81.2% volatile
141 Afghanistan 1.37 2010 up 45.7% volatile
142 Yemen 1.28 2010 up 412.0% volatile
143 Niger 1.08 2010 up 86.2% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.93 2010 up 32.9% rising

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 35-39, female
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of total schooling, 35-39, female is the average years of education completed among females age 35-39.