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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 45-49, female is the average years of education completed among females age 45-49.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.6
United States
Lowest
0.25
Yemen
Median
8.22
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.6 in United States; the lowest is 0.25 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.22, and the mean is 7.77.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 54.

Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 316.7%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 22.1%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 13.6 2010 up 1.3% rising
2 Ireland 13.38 2010 up 14.4% rising
3 Estonia 13.35 2010 up 4.8% rising
4 Slovakia 13.31 2010 up 14.2% rising
5 Czechia 13.24 2010 up 3.6% rising
5 Denmark 13.24 2010 up 3.9% rising
7 Israel 13.14 2010 up 6.4% rising
8 Canada 13.05 2010 up 15.8% rising
9 Switzerland 13 2010 up 34.9% rising
10 Germany 12.97 2010 up 17.8% rising
11 Russia 12.88 2010 up 7.8% rising
12 Norway 12.86 2010 up 5.4% rising
13 Japan 12.82 2010 up 15.5% rising
14 Finland 12.74 2010 up 22.5% rising
15 Ukraine 12.64 2010 up 7.4% rising
16 New Zealand 12.58 2010 up 5.4% rising
17 Sweden 12.56 2010 up 1.7% rising
18 United Kingdom 12.45 2010 up 29.0% rising
19 Slovenia 12.35 2010 up 5.2% rising
20 South Korea 12.24 2010 up 23.5% volatile
21 Hungary 12.21 2010 up 5.3% rising
22 Australia 12.13 2010 up 2.8% rising
22 Lithuania 12.13 2010 up 9.8% rising
24 Poland 12.01 2010 up 13.5% rising
25 Croatia 11.94 2010 up 14.1% rising
26 Serbia 11.92 2010 up 17.0% rising
27 Kazakhstan 11.91 2010 up 5.2% volatile
28 Belize 11.89 2010 up 20.8% rising
29 Tajikistan 11.68 2010 up 6.2% rising
30 Netherlands 11.67 2010 up 8.6% rising
31 Cyprus 11.62 2010 up 13.5% rising
32 Armenia 11.53 2010 up 5.8% rising
33 Romania 11.52 2010 up 6.8% rising
34 Kyrgyzstan 11.45 2010 up 13.0% rising
35 Bulgaria 11.42 2010 up 7.0% rising
36 Moldova 11.28 2010 up 8.9% volatile
37 Latvia 11.25 2010 up 9.5% rising
38 Belgium 11.18 2010 up 6.1% rising
39 Spain 11.1 2010 up 20.4% rising
40 Hong Kong 11.06 2010 up 45.0% volatile
41 France 11.05 2010 up 12.6% rising
42 Cuba 11.04 2010 up 18.8% rising
43 Iceland 10.94 2010 up 7.0% rising
44 Greece 10.91 2010 up 16.3% rising
45 Malta 10.86 2010 up 23.8% rising
46 Albania 10.75 2010 up 8.9% rising
47 Singapore 10.74 2010 up 31.0% volatile
48 Tonga 10.63 2010 up 13.4% rising
49 Italy 10.6 2010 up 19.6% rising
50 Luxembourg 10.49 2010 up 9.3% rising
51 Trinidad and Tobago 10.29 2010 up 19.0% rising
52 Jamaica 10.16 2010 up 17.3% rising
53 Chile 10.1 2010 up 10.9% rising
54 Fiji 9.97 2010 up 7.6% rising
55 United Arab Emirates 9.95 2010 up 35.7% volatile
56 Argentina 9.82 2010 up 12.5% rising
57 Mongolia 9.76 2010 up 25.4% volatile
58 Panama 9.65 2010 up 16.5% rising
59 Sri Lanka 9.56 2010 down 0.2% rising
60 Austria 9.49 2010 up 11.1% rising
61 Barbados 9.43 2010 up 4.4% rising
62 Qatar 9.33 2010 up 49.3% volatile
63 Brunei 9.23 2010 up 15.1% volatile
64 Gabon 9.06 2010 up 19.1% volatile
65 Uruguay 8.78 2010 up 6.3% rising
66 Portugal 8.75 2010 up 8.6% volatile
67 Guyana 8.73 2010 up 0.7% rising
68 Malaysia 8.67 2010 up 41.2% volatile
69 South Africa 8.5 2010 up 39.6% rising
70 Mauritius 8.33 2010 up 80.7% volatile
71 Venezuela 8.26 2010 up 32.6% volatile
72 Colombia 8.25 2010 up 26.9% rising
73 Costa Rica 8.2 2010 up 9.2% rising
74 Philippines 8.09 2010 up 12.8% rising
75 Peru 8.02 2010 up 6.9% rising
76 Botswana 7.93 2010 up 36.0% volatile
77 Dominican Republic 7.78 2010 up 28.0% rising
78 Mexico 7.75 2010 up 38.4% rising
79 Jordan 7.67 2010 up 70.4% volatile
80 Macao 7.48 2010 up 33.1% rising
81 Ecuador 7.35 2010 up 21.7% rising
82 Iran 7.34 2010 up 61.7% volatile
83 Vietnam 7.33 2010 up 59.7% volatile
84 Congo 6.99 2010 up 52.3% volatile
85 Kuwait 6.96 2010 up 12.3% volatile
86 China 6.87 2010 up 31.1% volatile
87 Brazil 6.84 2010 up 20.6% rising
88 Thailand 6.65 2010 up 63.4% volatile
89 Paraguay 6.58 2010 up 18.1% rising
90 Saudi Arabia 6.56 2010 up 65.2% volatile
91 Bolivia 6.54 2010 up 22.7% rising
92 Lesotho 6.36 2010 up 7.1% rising
93 Nicaragua 6.08 2010 up 50.9% volatile
94 Namibia 6.07 2010 up 34.6% rising
95 Bahrain 5.99 2010 down 6.8% volatile
96 El Salvador 5.97 2010 up 35.7% volatile
97 Indonesia 5.87 2010 up 33.7% volatile
98 Ghana 5.83 2010 down 8.9% volatile
99 Honduras 5.35 2010 up 12.6% volatile
99 Turkey 5.35 2010 up 23.0% volatile
101 Libya 5.34 2010 up 38.7% volatile
102 Zambia 5.11 2010 down 1.9% volatile
103 Cameroon 5.07 2010 up 45.3% volatile
104 Zimbabwe 5.04 2010 up 47.4% rising
105 Algeria 4.74 2010 up 78.2% volatile
106 Syria 4.64 2010 up 93.3% volatile
107 Tunisia 4.46 2010 up 35.6% volatile
108 Kenya 4.45 2010 up 90.2% volatile
109 Egypt 4.33 2010 up 55.2% volatile
110 Tanzania 4.09 2010 up 65.6% volatile
111 Iraq 4 2010 up 73.9% volatile
112 Laos 3.92 2010 up 83.2% volatile
113 Guatemala 3.74 2010 up 32.6% volatile
114 Uganda 3.64 2010 up 73.3% volatile
115 Myanmar 3.55 2010 up 23.7% volatile
116 Bangladesh 3.27 2010 up 11.2% volatile
117 Haiti 3.22 2010 up 102.5% volatile
118 Eswatini 2.92 2010 down 22.1% rising
119 Morocco 2.76 2010 up 70.4% volatile
120 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.7 2010 up 116.0% volatile
121 Cambodia 2.58 2010 up 4.0% volatile
122 Malawi 2.56 2010 up 95.4% volatile
123 India 2.51 2010 up 30.1% volatile
124 Sudan 2.48 2010 up 161.1% volatile
124 Togo 2.48 2010 up 41.7% volatile
126 Papua New Guinea 2.44 2010 up 51.6% volatile
127 Cote d'Ivoire 2.29 2010 up 44.9% volatile
128 Mauritania 2.23 2010 up 58.2% rising
129 Rwanda 2.11 2010 up 85.1% volatile
130 Liberia 2.09 2010 up 74.2% volatile
131 Central African Republic 1.95 2010 up 129.4% volatile
132 Pakistan 1.88 2010 down 13.4% volatile
133 Benin 1.78 2010 up 58.9% volatile
134 Sierra Leone 1.74 2010 up 55.4% volatile
135 Maldives 1.67 2010 down 13.9% falling
136 Mali 1.66 2010 up 225.5% volatile
137 Senegal 1.64 2010 up 27.1% rising
138 Burundi 1.32 2010 up 48.3% volatile
139 Nepal 1.27 2010 up 84.1% volatile
140 Gambia 1.08 2010 up 50.0% volatile
141 Afghanistan 0.94 2010 up 154.1% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.72 2010 up 89.5% rising
143 Niger 0.59 2010 up 156.5% volatile
144 Yemen 0.25 2010 up 316.7% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, 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, 45-49, female is the average years of education completed among females age 45-49.