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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 40-44, female is the average years of education completed among females age 40-44.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
14.38
Ireland
Lowest
0.63
Yemen
Median
9.04
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 14.38 in Ireland; the lowest is 0.63 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.04, and the mean is 8.45.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 384.6%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 12.3%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 14.38 2010 up 16.2% rising
2 Russia 13.93 2010 up 14.9% rising
3 United States 13.77 2010 up 2.4% rising
4 Israel 13.72 2010 up 10.2% rising
5 Canada 13.68 2010 up 16.3% rising
6 Ukraine 13.61 2010 up 12.5% rising
7 Denmark 13.44 2010 up 1.3% rising
8 Czechia 13.43 2010 up 3.1% rising
8 Slovakia 13.43 2010 up 10.4% rising
10 Switzerland 13.33 2010 up 32.2% rising
11 Lithuania 13.28 2010 up 19.5% rising
12 Estonia 13.25 2010 down 0.2% rising
13 South Korea 13.21 2010 up 19.8% rising
14 Japan 13.16 2010 up 2.7% rising
15 New Zealand 13.08 2010 up 3.5% rising
16 Germany 13.06 2010 up 15.4% rising
17 Finland 13.02 2010 up 10.8% rising
18 United Kingdom 12.96 2010 up 28.6% rising
19 Slovenia 12.91 2010 up 6.8% rising
20 Sweden 12.87 2010 up 3.9% rising
21 Australia 12.85 2010 up 4.0% rising
22 Hong Kong 12.8 2010 up 37.9% rising
23 Poland 12.66 2010 up 17.4% rising
24 Armenia 12.63 2010 up 15.4% rising
25 Hungary 12.54 2010 up 5.2% rising
26 Cyprus 12.51 2010 up 10.6% rising
27 Croatia 12.4 2010 up 11.6% rising
28 Belgium 12.33 2010 up 11.3% rising
29 Greece 12.29 2010 up 22.4% rising
30 Belize 12.26 2010 up 19.5% rising
30 Netherlands 12.26 2010 up 6.9% rising
32 Malta 12.2 2010 up 30.5% rising
33 Serbia 12.17 2010 up 12.2% rising
34 Singapore 12.14 2010 up 30.0% volatile
35 France 12.04 2010 up 20.6% rising
35 Latvia 12.04 2010 up 16.1% rising
37 Norway 12.03 2010 down 4.6% rising
38 Romania 11.94 2010 up 5.1% rising
39 Kazakhstan 11.92 2010 up 3.0% volatile
40 Luxembourg 11.83 2010 up 19.4% rising
41 Tajikistan 11.8 2010 up 1.0% rising
42 Trinidad and Tobago 11.73 2010 up 21.9% rising
43 Iceland 11.65 2010 up 11.4% rising
44 Bulgaria 11.57 2010 up 6.2% rising
45 Italy 11.55 2010 up 10.0% rising
46 Cuba 11.48 2010 up 4.1% rising
47 Kyrgyzstan 11.47 2010 up 7.1% rising
48 Spain 11.41 2010 up 10.6% rising
49 Moldova 11.33 2010 up 4.7% rising
50 Tonga 10.92 2010 up 15.9% rising
51 Albania 10.91 2010 up 3.4% rising
52 Malaysia 10.7 2010 up 25.1% volatile
53 Chile 10.69 2010 up 17.3% rising
54 Jamaica 10.5 2010 up 9.7% rising
55 Sri Lanka 10.32 2010 down 1.1% rising
56 Panama 10.28 2010 up 4.9% rising
57 South Africa 10.15 2010 up 39.8% rising
58 Mongolia 10.06 2010 up 12.2% volatile
59 Fiji 9.98 2010 up 4.5% rising
60 United Arab Emirates 9.96 2010 up 28.2% volatile
61 Austria 9.92 2010 up 8.2% rising
62 Qatar 9.89 2010 up 38.5% volatile
63 Argentina 9.8 2010 up 2.7% rising
64 Botswana 9.77 2010 up 24.6% volatile
65 Barbados 9.64 2010 up 2.3% rising
66 Jordan 9.56 2010 up 38.4% volatile
67 El Salvador 9.49 2010 up 96.9% volatile
68 Uruguay 9.23 2010 up 11.7% rising
69 Venezuela 9.16 2010 up 26.2% volatile
70 Colombia 9.14 2010 up 40.6% rising
70 Gabon 9.14 2010 up 18.9% volatile
72 Mexico 9.06 2010 up 23.9% volatile
73 Dominican Republic 9.01 2010 up 31.7% rising
74 Brazil 8.95 2010 up 63.9% volatile
75 Brunei 8.94 2010 up 14.0% volatile
75 Portugal 8.94 2010 down 0.6% volatile
77 Peru 8.84 2010 up 12.9% rising
78 Mauritius 8.8 2010 up 33.5% rising
79 Philippines 8.77 2010 up 21.5% rising
80 Guyana 8.73 2010 up 0.6% rising
81 Ecuador 8.36 2010 up 11.9% rising
82 Macao 8.2 2010 up 22.6% rising
83 Costa Rica 8.19 2010 down 0.6% rising
84 Paraguay 8.03 2010 up 44.2% rising
85 Bolivia 7.64 2010 up 10.1% rising
86 Indonesia 7.63 2010 up 69.2% volatile
87 China 7.5 2010 up 17.7% volatile
88 Vietnam 7.38 2010 up 53.1% volatile
89 Libya 7.35 2010 up 90.4% volatile
90 Zimbabwe 7.2 2010 up 42.9% volatile
91 Thailand 7.18 2010 up 56.4% volatile
92 Iran 7.07 2010 up 23.0% volatile
93 Lesotho 6.95 2010 up 3.6% rising
94 Namibia 6.91 2010 up 13.8% rising
95 Kuwait 6.9 2010 up 10.2% volatile
96 Congo 6.88 2010 up 49.9% volatile
97 Kenya 6.7 2010 up 71.4% volatile
98 Nicaragua 6.65 2010 up 38.5% volatile
99 Saudi Arabia 6.57 2010 up 65.5% volatile
100 Bahrain 6.43 2010 down 10.6% volatile
101 Zambia 6.34 2010 up 21.7% volatile
102 Turkey 6.3 2010 up 44.8% volatile
103 Tunisia 6.29 2010 up 66.0% volatile
104 Syria 6.2 2010 up 10.7% volatile
105 Honduras 6.15 2010 up 16.5% volatile
106 Ghana 6.08 2010 down 5.0% volatile
107 Iraq 5.9 2010 up 110.0% volatile
108 Cameroon 5.89 2010 up 29.5% volatile
109 Egypt 5.3 2010 up 88.6% volatile
110 Tanzania 5.29 2010 up 14.0% volatile
111 Algeria 4.75 2010 up 62.7% volatile
112 Uganda 4.62 2010 up 66.8% volatile
113 Laos 4.45 2010 up 50.3% volatile
114 Guatemala 3.95 2010 up 9.7% rising
115 Myanmar 3.78 2010 up 27.7% volatile
116 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.76 2010 up 100.0% volatile
117 Haiti 3.73 2010 up 49.8% volatile
118 Morocco 3.64 2010 up 79.3% volatile
119 Bangladesh 3.54 2010 up 7.9% volatile
120 Cambodia 3.51 2010 up 31.5% volatile
121 Eswatini 3.48 2010 down 12.3% rising
122 Togo 3.24 2010 up 42.1% volatile
123 Sudan 3.18 2010 up 227.8% volatile
124 India 3.15 2010 up 42.5% volatile
124 Mauritania 3.15 2010 up 64.9% rising
126 Cote d'Ivoire 3.11 2010 up 62.8% volatile
127 Malawi 2.99 2010 up 16.8% volatile
128 Maldives 2.94 2010 up 20.5% falling
129 Papua New Guinea 2.93 2010 up 11.8% volatile
130 Central African Republic 2.89 2010 up 50.5% volatile
131 Pakistan 2.7 2010 up 57.0% volatile
132 Liberia 2.58 2010 up 55.4% volatile
133 Rwanda 2.47 2010 up 22.9% volatile
134 Benin 2.24 2010 up 28.7% volatile
135 Sierra Leone 2.17 2010 up 46.6% volatile
136 Nepal 2.11 2010 up 113.1% volatile
137 Senegal 1.85 2010 up 34.1% rising
138 Mali 1.72 2010 up 182.0% volatile
139 Burundi 1.48 2010 up 14.7% volatile
140 Gambia 1.44 2010 up 34.6% volatile
141 Afghanistan 1.31 2010 up 74.7% volatile
142 Niger 0.85 2010 up 129.7% volatile
143 Mozambique 0.75 2010 up 92.3% rising
144 Yemen 0.63 2010 up 384.6% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, 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, 40-44, female is the average years of education completed among females age 40-44.