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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
14.19
Ireland
Lowest
1.2
Mozambique
Median
8.82
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 14.19 in Ireland; the lowest is 1.2 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.82, and the mean is 8.69.

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

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 491.7%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 19.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 14.19 2010 up 15.6% rising
2 Russian Federation 13.81 2010 up 15.5% rising
3 Switzerland 13.69 2010 up 27.7% rising
4 Israel 13.67 2010 up 10.8% rising
5 United States of America 13.62 2010 up 1.6% rising
6 Republic of Korea 13.5 2010 up 15.5% rising
7 Canada 13.45 2010 up 14.8% rising
8 Czechia 13.43 2010 up 2.1% rising
9 Slovakia 13.38 2010 up 8.3% rising
10 Denmark 13.34 2010 up 1.5% rising
11 Ukraine 13.32 2010 up 12.7% rising
12 Germany 13.25 2010 up 12.2% rising
13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.04 2010 up 29.5% rising
14 Hong Kong, China 13.03 2010 up 34.6% rising
15 Lithuania 13.01 2010 up 18.7% rising
16 Japan 12.98 2010 up 1.7% rising
17 Estonia 12.8 2010 down 0.9% rising
18 Finland 12.75 2010 up 12.0% rising
19 Australia 12.68 2010 up 3.1% rising
20 New Zealand 12.66 2010 up 1.2% rising
21 Slovenia 12.65 2010 up 4.9% rising
22 Sweden 12.63 2010 up 4.1% rising
23 Cyprus 12.56 2010 up 9.6% rising
24 Armenia 12.55 2010 up 14.9% rising
25 Poland 12.48 2010 up 16.1% rising
26 Hungary 12.44 2010 up 4.2% rising
27 Singapore 12.39 2010 up 27.7% volatile
28 Croatia 12.32 2010 up 9.8% rising
29 Belize 12.29 2010 up 19.8% rising
29 Malta 12.29 2010 up 25.0% rising
31 Netherlands 12.28 2010 up 5.7% rising
32 Belgium 12.19 2010 up 9.7% rising
33 Luxembourg 12.13 2010 up 19.7% rising
34 Serbia 12.1 2010 up 9.6% rising
35 Greece 12.09 2010 up 17.8% rising
36 France 12.03 2010 up 18.1% rising
37 Tajikistan 12 2010 unchanged rising
38 Romania 11.94 2010 up 3.6% rising
39 Latvia 11.83 2010 up 15.8% rising
40 Kazakhstan 11.82 2010 up 2.8% rising
41 Norway 11.68 2010 down 6.9% rising
42 Trinidad and Tobago 11.64 2010 up 22.4% rising
43 Bulgaria 11.43 2010 up 6.4% rising
44 Kyrgyzstan 11.38 2010 up 7.2% rising
45 Italy 11.32 2010 up 8.4% rising
46 Cuba 11.24 2010 up 1.8% rising
47 Iceland 11.22 2010 up 11.3% rising
48 Republic of Moldova 11.21 2010 up 4.6% rising
49 Spain 11.17 2010 up 7.1% rising
50 Albania 10.92 2010 up 2.0% rising
51 Tonga 10.87 2010 up 14.2% rising
52 Malaysia 10.8 2010 up 18.7% volatile
53 Chile 10.67 2010 up 15.4% rising
54 Austria 10.37 2010 up 5.0% rising
55 Sri Lanka 10.27 2010 down 1.1% rising
56 South Africa 10.23 2010 up 37.5% rising
57 Jamaica 10.12 2010 up 9.9% rising
58 Fiji 9.96 2010 up 1.6% rising
58 Panama 9.96 2010 up 3.0% rising
60 Jordan 9.83 2010 up 22.0% volatile
61 Mongolia 9.74 2010 up 11.2% rising
62 El Salvador 9.66 2010 up 87.6% volatile
63 Argentina 9.64 2010 up 3.9% rising
64 Barbados 9.45 2010 up 2.1% rising
65 Botswana 9.35 2010 up 22.2% volatile
66 Peru 9.29 2010 up 7.8% rising
67 Mexico 9.19 2010 up 17.8% rising
68 Brunei Darussalam 9.13 2010 up 15.0% rising
69 Colombia 9 2010 up 36.4% rising
69 Mauritius 9 2010 up 27.7% rising
71 Uruguay 8.92 2010 up 4.4% rising
72 United Arab Emirates 8.88 2010 up 14.3% volatile
73 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.77 2010 up 23.3% rising
74 Brazil 8.65 2010 up 61.1% rising
75 Dominican Republic 8.61 2010 up 36.2% rising
76 Qatar 8.6 2010 up 33.1% rising
77 Portugal 8.57 2010 down 4.4% rising
78 Philippines 8.49 2010 up 17.1% rising
79 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8.47 2010 up 7.6% rising
80 Macau (China) 8.39 2010 up 21.1% rising
81 Gabon 8.37 2010 up 28.8% volatile
82 Ecuador 8.28 2010 up 9.7% rising
83 Costa Rica 8.19 2010 down 0.5% rising
84 Guyana 8.14 2010 up 0.4% rising
85 Indonesia 8.11 2010 up 60.3% volatile
86 Paraguay 7.95 2010 up 39.7% rising
87 Zimbabwe 7.82 2010 up 28.8% rising
88 China 7.79 2010 up 8.6% rising
89 Libya 7.7 2010 up 45.6% volatile
90 Viet Nam 7.66 2010 up 44.8% rising
91 Kenya 7.62 2010 up 38.3% volatile
92 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7.54 2010 up 12.4% volatile
93 Saudi Arabia 7.47 2010 up 21.7% rising
94 Thailand 7.39 2010 up 47.5% rising
95 Tunisia 7.26 2010 up 34.7% volatile
96 Iraq 7.23 2010 up 57.9% volatile
97 Ghana 7.14 2010 down 6.5% volatile
98 Congo 7.12 2010 up 14.3% volatile
99 Syrian Arab Republic 7.02 2010 up 24.2% volatile
99 Türkiye 7.02 2010 up 23.4% rising
99 Zambia 7.02 2010 up 5.6% rising
102 Namibia 6.8 2010 up 11.7% rising
103 Cameroon 6.46 2010 up 18.8% volatile
104 Nicaragua 6.41 2010 up 20.7% rising
105 Egypt 6.26 2010 up 45.9% volatile
106 Kuwait 6.25 2010 up 0.5% rising
107 Honduras 6.18 2010 up 16.2% rising
108 Lesotho 6.07 2010 up 1.7% rising
109 Bahrain 5.81 2010 down 19.6% volatile
110 Algeria 5.74 2010 up 35.1% volatile
111 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.69 2010 down 0.2% volatile
112 Uganda 5.6 2010 up 51.4% volatile
113 India 5.26 2010 up 17.7% volatile
114 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.25 2010 up 78.0% volatile
115 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.12 2010 up 20.8% volatile
116 Haiti 5.04 2010 up 66.3% volatile
117 Togo 4.75 2010 up 17.9% volatile
118 Papua New Guinea 4.73 2010 up 30.7% volatile
119 Morocco 4.67 2010 up 51.6% volatile
120 Liberia 4.59 2010 up 22.4% volatile
121 Pakistan 4.47 2010 up 35.9% volatile
122 Cambodia 4.46 2010 up 32.7% rising
123 Guatemala 4.38 2010 up 6.6% rising
124 Côte d'Ivoire 4.3 2010 up 38.7% volatile
125 Central African Republic 4.12 2010 up 23.4% volatile
126 Mauritania 4.07 2010 up 48.0% rising
127 Malawi 4.03 2010 up 7.8% volatile
128 Bangladesh 3.97 2010 up 6.4% rising
129 Sudan 3.9 2010 up 121.6% volatile
130 Eswatini 3.63 2010 down 7.2% rising
131 Myanmar 3.57 2010 up 5.9% rising
131 Nepal 3.57 2010 up 51.9% volatile
133 Benin 3.5 2010 up 19.0% volatile
134 Maldives 3.39 2010 up 20.6% falling
135 Afghanistan 3.37 2010 up 47.8% volatile
136 Sierra Leone 3.27 2010 up 40.9% volatile
137 Senegal 2.61 2010 up 24.9% rising
138 Rwanda 2.51 2010 down 1.6% volatile
139 Gambia 2.35 2010 up 28.4% volatile
140 Yemen 2.13 2010 up 491.7% volatile
141 Burundi 1.81 2010 down 4.2% volatile
142 Mali 1.6 2010 up 37.9% volatile
143 Niger 1.51 2010 up 79.8% volatile
144 Mozambique 1.2 2010 up 29.0% rising

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