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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.49
United States of America
Lowest
0.8
Yemen
Median
8.2
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.49 in United States of America; the lowest is 0.8 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.2, and the mean is 8.14.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 433.3%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 16.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States of America 13.49 2010 up 0.4% rising
2 Switzerland 13.41 2010 up 28.6% rising
3 Czechia 13.36 2010 up 2.9% rising
4 Slovakia 13.3 2010 up 10.8% rising
5 Germany 13.21 2010 up 13.1% rising
6 Ireland 13.17 2010 up 13.0% rising
7 Israel 13.15 2010 up 6.8% rising
8 Denmark 13.08 2010 up 1.6% rising
9 Estonia 13.01 2010 up 4.8% rising
10 Canada 12.9 2010 up 13.5% rising
11 Russia 12.77 2010 up 8.0% rising
12 Japan 12.75 2010 up 13.8% rising
12 Korea 12.75 2010 up 18.8% rising
14 Norway 12.64 2010 up 2.8% rising
15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.58 2010 up 29.8% rising
16 Finland 12.54 2010 up 21.9% rising
17 Ukraine 12.4 2010 up 6.7% rising
18 Slovenia 12.34 2010 up 4.6% rising
19 Sweden 12.3 2010 up 1.5% rising
20 Hungary 12.23 2010 up 4.0% rising
21 New Zealand 12.12 2010 up 1.0% rising
22 Australia 12.11 2010 up 1.9% rising
23 Croatia 12.04 2010 up 11.3% rising
24 Tajikistan 12 2010 up 2.9% rising
25 Serbia 11.98 2010 up 16.2% rising
26 Poland 11.96 2010 up 12.9% rising
27 Belize 11.93 2010 up 20.1% rising
27 Lithuania 11.93 2010 up 9.3% rising
29 Netherlands 11.86 2010 up 6.5% rising
30 Kazakhstan 11.82 2010 up 4.0% volatile
31 Cyprus 11.75 2010 up 10.4% rising
32 Romania 11.66 2010 up 4.7% rising
33 Armenia 11.53 2010 up 5.3% rising
34 Hong Kong (China) 11.43 2010 up 37.9% rising
34 Kyrgyzstan 11.43 2010 up 11.8% rising
36 Bulgaria 11.34 2010 up 7.8% rising
37 Spain 11.24 2010 up 17.9% rising
37 Republic of Moldova 11.24 2010 up 7.7% rising
39 Belgium 11.23 2010 up 5.4% rising
40 France 11.14 2010 up 10.6% rising
41 Malta 11.13 2010 up 22.2% rising
42 Greece 11.1 2010 up 14.3% rising
42 Latvia 11.1 2010 up 9.1% rising
44 Cuba 11.05 2010 up 14.0% rising
45 Luxembourg 11.03 2010 up 10.1% rising
46 Singapore 11 2010 up 22.6% volatile
47 Albania 10.86 2010 up 4.8% rising
48 Tonga 10.68 2010 up 12.4% rising
49 Italy 10.6 2010 up 15.2% rising
50 Iceland 10.47 2010 up 7.1% rising
51 Trinidad and Tobago 10.24 2010 up 16.9% rising
52 Austria 10.18 2010 up 8.1% rising
53 Chile 10.11 2010 up 9.3% rising
54 Fiji 9.96 2010 up 4.0% rising
55 Jamaica 9.8 2010 up 16.5% rising
56 Sri Lanka 9.7 2010 down 1.6% rising
57 Argentina 9.65 2010 up 13.0% rising
58 Panama 9.49 2010 up 15.3% rising
59 Mongolia 9.46 2010 up 16.5% volatile
60 Barbados 9.27 2010 up 4.0% rising
61 Malaysia 9.26 2010 up 29.0% volatile
62 Brunei Darussalam 9.11 2010 up 2.9% volatile
63 United Arab Emirates 8.88 2010 up 19.7% volatile
63 Jordan 8.88 2010 up 37.5% volatile
65 Qatar 8.83 2010 up 40.4% volatile
66 Peru 8.75 2010 up 5.2% rising
67 South Africa 8.74 2010 up 38.1% rising
68 Mauritius 8.66 2010 up 51.7% rising
69 Uruguay 8.51 2010 down 0.4% rising
70 Portugal 8.48 2010 up 3.9% rising
71 Gabon 8.31 2010 up 28.8% volatile
72 Colombia 8.23 2010 up 24.7% rising
73 Costa Rica 8.16 2010 up 7.7% rising
73 Mexico 8.16 2010 up 32.0% rising
75 Guyana 8.14 2010 up 0.5% rising
76 Congo 8.11 2010 up 30.2% volatile
77 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.06 2010 up 26.9% rising
78 Philippines 7.99 2010 up 10.5% rising
79 Iran 7.95 2010 up 39.5% volatile
80 Botswana 7.73 2010 up 29.5% volatile
81 Dominican Republic 7.72 2010 up 29.3% rising
82 Macau (China) 7.7 2010 up 25.6% rising
83 Viet Nam 7.64 2010 up 46.4% rising
84 Ecuador 7.47 2010 up 20.1% rising
84 Saudi Arabia 7.47 2010 up 21.7% rising
86 China (People’s Republic of) 7.41 2010 up 19.3% volatile
87 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.32 2010 up 13.8% rising
88 Thailand 6.95 2010 up 55.8% volatile
89 Ghana 6.88 2010 down 11.0% volatile
90 Paraguay 6.77 2010 up 19.0% rising
91 Kuwait 6.7 2010 up 5.2% volatile
92 Brazil 6.63 2010 up 18.0% rising
93 Indonesia 6.57 2010 up 32.5% volatile
94 Zambia 6.48 2010 down 2.6% volatile
95 El Salvador 6.32 2010 up 27.7% rising
96 Türkiye 6.29 2010 up 10.5% rising
97 Libya 6.22 2010 up 17.6% volatile
98 Syrian Arab Republic 6.18 2010 up 37.0% volatile
99 Nicaragua 6.16 2010 up 33.3% rising
100 Iraq 6.15 2010 up 57.7% volatile
101 Namibia 6.09 2010 up 28.2% rising
102 Zimbabwe 6.08 2010 up 44.8% rising
103 Bahrain 5.97 2010 down 16.7% volatile
104 Kenya 5.95 2010 up 79.2% volatile
105 Cameroon 5.85 2010 up 33.6% volatile
106 Tunisia 5.81 2010 up 16.2% volatile
107 Algeria 5.74 2010 up 46.4% volatile
108 Lesotho 5.7 2010 up 6.1% rising
109 Egypt 5.51 2010 up 29.0% volatile
110 Honduras 5.39 2010 up 12.8% rising
111 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.03 2010 up 34.9% volatile
112 Uganda 5 2010 up 56.2% volatile
113 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.85 2010 up 35.5% volatile
114 India 4.69 2010 up 12.2% volatile
115 Haiti 4.5 2010 up 49.0% volatile
116 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.42 2010 up 98.2% volatile
117 Liberia 4.4 2010 up 42.4% volatile
118 Togo 4.31 2010 up 29.8% volatile
119 Papua New Guinea 4.19 2010 up 73.9% volatile
120 Guatemala 4.1 2010 up 22.0% rising
121 Morocco 3.86 2010 up 61.5% volatile
122 Malawi 3.74 2010 up 78.1% volatile
123 Bangladesh 3.73 2010 up 3.0% volatile
124 Pakistan 3.68 2010 up 28.2% volatile
125 Côte d'Ivoire 3.43 2010 up 20.8% volatile
126 Myanmar 3.4 2010 up 19.7% volatile
127 Sudan 3.39 2010 up 101.8% volatile
128 Central African Republic 3.36 2010 up 62.3% volatile
129 Cambodia 3.33 2010 down 4.3% rising
130 Eswatini 3.16 2010 down 16.0% rising
131 Mauritania 3.11 2010 up 48.1% rising
132 Benin 3.04 2010 up 46.9% volatile
133 Sierra Leone 2.76 2010 up 44.5% volatile
134 Nepal 2.71 2010 up 43.4% volatile
135 Afghanistan 2.64 2010 up 53.5% volatile
136 Rwanda 2.42 2010 up 22.8% volatile
137 Senegal 2.28 2010 up 13.4% flat
138 Maldives 2.06 2010 down 10.8% falling
139 Burundi 1.89 2010 up 8.6% volatile
140 Gambia 1.83 2010 up 36.6% volatile
141 Mali 1.59 2010 up 74.7% volatile
142 Mozambique 1.18 2010 up 29.7% rising
143 Niger 1.17 2010 up 105.3% rising
144 Yemen 0.8 2010 up 433.3% volatile

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