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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 50-54, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 50-54, female is the average years of education completed among females age 50-54.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.47
United States
Lowest
0.13
Yemen
Median
7.98
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 50-54, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.47 in United States; the lowest is 0.13 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.98, and the mean is 7.46.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 104.

Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 1,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 29.4%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 50-54, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 13.47 2010 up 0.4% rising
2 Ireland 13.41 2010 up 37.5% rising
3 Estonia 13.35 2010 up 4.8% rising
4 Slovakia 13.31 2010 up 15.6% rising
5 Czechia 13.25 2010 up 4.0% rising
6 Denmark 13.23 2010 up 30.7% rising
7 Israel 13.13 2010 up 14.0% rising
8 Canada 13.05 2010 up 15.8% rising
9 Switzerland 13 2010 up 42.1% rising
10 Germany 12.97 2010 up 36.8% rising
11 Norway 12.86 2010 up 15.6% rising
12 Japan 12.81 2010 up 15.4% rising
13 Finland 12.78 2010 up 34.8% rising
14 New Zealand 12.59 2010 up 36.1% rising
15 Sweden 12.55 2010 up 3.4% rising
16 Slovenia 12.37 2010 up 6.8% rising
17 Hungary 12.21 2010 up 5.3% rising
18 Russia 12.17 2010 up 8.7% rising
19 Australia 12.09 2010 up 13.6% rising
20 United Kingdom 12.07 2010 up 25.9% rising
20 Ukraine 12.07 2010 up 2.6% rising
22 Croatia 11.94 2010 up 14.0% rising
23 Serbia 11.92 2010 up 28.4% rising
24 Belize 11.89 2010 up 20.8% rising
25 Kazakhstan 11.79 2010 up 5.0% volatile
26 Tajikistan 11.68 2010 up 6.2% volatile
27 Netherlands 11.66 2010 up 8.5% rising
28 Cyprus 11.62 2010 up 33.4% rising
29 Lithuania 11.6 2010 up 10.5% volatile
30 Romania 11.52 2010 up 11.3% rising
31 Kyrgyzstan 11.45 2010 up 13.9% rising
32 Bulgaria 11.4 2010 up 30.4% rising
33 Moldova 11.28 2010 up 13.5% volatile
34 Belgium 11.2 2010 up 12.4% rising
35 Spain 11.09 2010 up 57.8% rising
36 France 11.06 2010 up 22.8% rising
37 Cuba 11.03 2010 up 36.3% rising
38 Poland 11.01 2010 up 7.4% rising
39 South Korea 10.94 2010 up 25.5% volatile
40 Armenia 10.93 2010 up 0.3% rising
40 Hong Kong 10.93 2010 up 61.0% volatile
42 Greece 10.91 2010 up 32.7% rising
43 Tonga 10.63 2010 up 29.0% rising
44 Italy 10.59 2010 up 20.3% rising
45 Albania 10.46 2010 up 33.8% volatile
45 Iceland 10.46 2010 up 14.2% rising
47 Latvia 10.44 2010 up 3.6% rising
48 Luxembourg 10.35 2010 up 10.5% rising
49 Trinidad and Tobago 10.29 2010 up 19.0% rising
50 Chile 10.11 2010 up 58.2% rising
51 Jamaica 9.66 2010 up 28.1% rising
52 Panama 9.65 2010 up 16.5% rising
53 Sri Lanka 9.57 2010 up 11.7% rising
54 Austria 9.54 2010 up 21.5% rising
55 Barbados 9.43 2010 up 4.4% rising
56 Singapore 9.36 2010 up 41.4% volatile
57 Qatar 9.33 2010 up 108.7% volatile
58 Mongolia 9.27 2010 up 19.3% volatile
59 Argentina 9.24 2010 up 5.4% rising
60 Malta 8.98 2010 up 12.1% rising
61 Uruguay 8.8 2010 up 21.2% rising
62 Portugal 8.75 2010 up 60.6% volatile
63 Guyana 8.73 2010 up 0.7% rising
64 Fiji 8.68 2010 up 10.7% rising
65 Malaysia 8.67 2010 up 41.2% volatile
66 United Arab Emirates 8.55 2010 up 58.0% volatile
67 South Africa 8.5 2010 up 39.6% rising
68 Venezuela 8.26 2010 up 54.4% volatile
69 Colombia 8.25 2010 up 67.3% rising
70 Costa Rica 8.2 2010 up 20.1% rising
71 Philippines 8.04 2010 up 26.6% rising
72 Peru 8.03 2010 up 49.0% rising
73 Brunei 7.93 2010 down 0.4% volatile
74 Botswana 7.84 2010 up 34.5% volatile
75 Dominican Republic 7.78 2010 up 28.2% rising
76 Gabon 7.77 2010 up 63.2% volatile
77 Mexico 7.75 2010 up 38.1% volatile
78 Jordan 7.68 2010 up 101.0% volatile
79 Ecuador 7.35 2010 up 21.7% rising
80 Mauritius 7.24 2010 up 57.0% rising
81 Iran 7.16 2010 up 84.5% volatile
82 Kuwait 6.96 2010 up 39.5% volatile
83 China 6.83 2010 up 48.2% volatile
84 Macao 6.67 2010 up 18.7% rising
85 Brazil 6.65 2010 up 62.2% rising
86 Paraguay 6.59 2010 up 18.1% rising
87 Lesotho 6.36 2010 up 26.4% rising
88 Namibia 6.07 2010 up 34.6% rising
89 Bolivia 5.97 2010 up 12.0% rising
89 El Salvador 5.97 2010 up 64.9% volatile
89 Thailand 5.97 2010 up 145.7% volatile
92 Indonesia 5.87 2010 up 33.7% volatile
93 Ghana 5.83 2010 up 72.0% volatile
94 Bahrain 5.57 2010 up 16.5% volatile
95 Honduras 5.35 2010 up 33.1% volatile
95 Turkey 5.35 2010 up 80.1% volatile
97 Vietnam 5.32 2010 up 15.9% volatile
98 Nicaragua 5.25 2010 up 64.6% volatile
99 Zambia 5.21 2010 up 105.1% volatile
100 Zimbabwe 5.04 2010 up 47.4% rising
101 Cameroon 4.64 2010 up 211.4% volatile
101 Syria 4.64 2010 up 111.9% volatile
101 Tanzania 4.64 2010 up 87.9% volatile
104 Congo 4.59 2010 up 232.6% volatile
105 Kenya 4.45 2010 up 108.9% volatile
105 Tunisia 4.45 2010 up 138.0% volatile
107 Saudi Arabia 3.97 2010 up 156.1% volatile
108 Libya 3.86 2010 up 132.5% volatile
109 Guatemala 3.41 2010 up 25.8% volatile
110 Bangladesh 3.27 2010 up 11.2% volatile
111 Laos 3.01 2010 up 91.7% volatile
112 Myanmar 3 2010 up 54.6% volatile
113 Uganda 2.95 2010 up 40.5% volatile
114 Egypt 2.85 2010 up 71.7% volatile
115 Iraq 2.84 2010 up 108.8% volatile
116 Eswatini 2.78 2010 down 3.5% rising
117 Algeria 2.67 2010 up 97.8% volatile
118 Papua New Guinea 2.63 2010 up 75.3% volatile
119 Cambodia 2.58 2010 up 38.0% volatile
120 Malawi 2.56 2010 up 95.4% volatile
121 Haiti 2.49 2010 up 57.6% volatile
122 Togo 2.43 2010 up 85.5% volatile
123 India 2.21 2010 up 39.9% volatile
124 Morocco 2.04 2010 up 55.7% volatile
125 Rwanda 2.02 2010 up 77.2% volatile
126 Central African Republic 1.95 2010 up 129.4% volatile
126 Mauritania 1.95 2010 up 39.3% rising
128 Cote d'Ivoire 1.93 2010 up 96.9% volatile
129 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.89 2010 up 145.5% volatile
129 Pakistan 1.89 2010 up 80.0% volatile
131 Benin 1.75 2010 up 56.2% volatile
132 Liberia 1.67 2010 up 149.3% volatile
133 Senegal 1.64 2010 up 110.3% flat
134 Mali 1.62 2010 up 852.9% volatile
135 Sierra Leone 1.49 2010 up 115.9% volatile
136 Maldives 1.37 2010 down 29.4% falling
137 Burundi 1.32 2010 up 48.3% volatile
138 Gambia 1.07 2010 up 48.6% volatile
139 Nepal 0.99 2010 up 98.0% volatile
140 Sudan 0.97 2010 up 125.6% volatile
141 Afghanistan 0.75 2010 up 102.7% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.4 2010 up 150.0% rising
143 Niger 0.38 2010 up 216.7% volatile
144 Yemen 0.13 2010 up 1,200.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 50-54, 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, 50-54, female is the average years of education completed among females age 50-54.