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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.43
United States
Lowest
0.36
Yemen
Median
8.1
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.43 in United States; the lowest is 0.36 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.1, and the mean is 7.86.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37.

Over the past decade 139 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 3,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 26.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 13.43 2010 down 0.1% rising
2 Switzerland 13.41 2010 up 34.0% rising
3 Czechia 13.37 2010 up 3.2% rising
4 Slovak Republic 13.31 2010 up 11.8% rising
5 Germany 13.2 2010 up 28.0% rising
5 Ireland 13.2 2010 up 33.6% rising
7 Israel 13.14 2010 up 11.8% rising
8 Denmark 13.08 2010 up 25.0% rising
9 Estonia 13.02 2010 up 4.8% rising
10 Canada 12.9 2010 up 13.5% rising
11 Japan 12.75 2010 up 13.8% rising
12 Norway 12.64 2010 up 12.0% rising
13 Finland 12.57 2010 up 34.7% rising
14 Slovenia 12.36 2010 up 5.2% rising
15 Sweden 12.3 2010 up 3.6% rising
16 United Kingdom 12.24 2010 up 26.3% rising
17 Hungary 12.23 2010 up 4.0% rising
18 New Zealand 12.13 2010 up 29.7% rising
19 Australia 12.08 2010 up 12.1% rising
20 Croatia 12.04 2010 up 11.3% rising
20 Russia 12.04 2010 up 8.4% rising
22 Tajikistan 12 2010 up 2.9% rising
23 Serbia 11.98 2010 up 20.6% rising
24 Belize 11.93 2010 up 20.1% rising
25 Netherlands 11.86 2010 up 6.6% rising
26 Ukraine 11.82 2010 up 1.7% rising
27 Cyprus 11.75 2010 up 24.5% rising
27 Kazakhstan 11.75 2010 up 4.2% volatile
29 Romania 11.66 2010 up 7.7% rising
30 Korea 11.63 2010 up 18.6% rising
31 Kyrgyzstan 11.43 2010 up 12.4% rising
32 Lithuania 11.39 2010 up 9.9% rising
33 Hong Kong, China 11.34 2010 up 47.3% rising
34 Bulgaria 11.32 2010 up 31.9% rising
35 Belgium 11.26 2010 up 10.6% rising
36 Spain 11.24 2010 up 48.5% rising
36 Republic of Moldova 11.24 2010 up 10.6% volatile
38 France 11.16 2010 up 20.1% rising
39 Greece 11.1 2010 up 26.9% rising
40 Cuba 11.04 2010 up 31.3% rising
41 Poland 10.96 2010 up 5.9% rising
42 Armenia 10.92 2010 down 0.4% rising
43 Luxembourg 10.88 2010 up 10.7% rising
44 Tonga 10.68 2010 up 24.6% rising
45 Albania 10.6 2010 up 25.4% rising
45 Italy 10.6 2010 up 15.7% rising
47 Austria 10.33 2010 up 15.9% rising
48 Latvia 10.29 2010 up 2.5% rising
49 Trinidad and Tobago 10.24 2010 up 16.9% rising
50 Chile 10.12 2010 up 50.6% rising
51 Iceland 10.08 2010 up 10.5% rising
52 Singapore 9.75 2010 up 26.3% volatile
53 Sri Lanka 9.7 2010 up 9.9% rising
54 Panama 9.49 2010 up 15.3% rising
55 Malta 9.45 2010 up 12.4% rising
56 Barbados 9.27 2010 up 4.0% rising
57 Jamaica 9.26 2010 up 26.0% rising
57 Malaysia 9.26 2010 up 29.0% volatile
59 Argentina 9.21 2010 up 7.3% rising
60 Mongolia 9.1 2010 up 12.2% volatile
61 Fiji 8.96 2010 up 6.8% rising
62 Jordan 8.9 2010 up 51.1% volatile
63 United Arab Emirates 8.84 2010 up 23.8% volatile
64 Qatar 8.83 2010 up 56.8% volatile
65 Peru 8.76 2010 up 38.8% rising
66 South Africa 8.74 2010 up 37.9% rising
67 Uruguay 8.53 2010 up 12.8% rising
68 Portugal 8.49 2010 up 48.4% rising
69 Colombia 8.23 2010 up 60.1% rising
70 Costa Rica 8.16 2010 up 17.2% rising
70 Mexico 8.16 2010 up 30.4% rising
72 Guyana 8.14 2010 up 0.4% rising
73 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.06 2010 up 47.6% volatile
74 Brunei Darussalam 8.02 2010 down 8.7% volatile
75 Philippines 7.96 2010 up 23.6% rising
76 Mauritius 7.94 2010 up 39.1% rising
77 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7.83 2010 up 53.2% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 7.72 2010 up 29.3% rising
79 Botswana 7.65 2010 up 28.4% volatile
80 Ecuador 7.47 2010 up 20.1% rising
81 China (People’s Republic of) 7.4 2010 up 31.4% volatile
82 Macau, China 7 2010 up 14.2% rising
83 Ghana 6.88 2010 up 36.5% volatile
84 Paraguay 6.77 2010 up 19.0% rising
85 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.73 2010 up 4.7% rising
86 Kuwait 6.7 2010 up 9.8% volatile
87 Zambia 6.66 2010 up 59.7% volatile
88 Indonesia 6.57 2010 up 32.5% volatile
89 Gabon 6.52 2010 up 107.6% volatile
90 Brazil 6.48 2010 up 55.0% rising
91 Thailand 6.37 2010 up 130.8% volatile
92 El Salvador 6.32 2010 up 53.4% rising
93 Türkiye 6.29 2010 up 46.6% volatile
94 Congo 6.23 2010 up 111.2% volatile
95 Syrian Arab Republic 6.18 2010 up 46.8% volatile
96 Viet Nam 6.16 2010 up 18.2% rising
97 Saudi Arabia 6.14 2010 up 62.4% rising
98 Namibia 6.09 2010 up 28.2% rising
99 Zimbabwe 6.08 2010 up 44.8% rising
100 Kenya 5.95 2010 up 98.3% volatile
101 Bahrain 5.93 2010 down 11.9% volatile
102 Tunisia 5.83 2010 up 75.1% volatile
103 Lesotho 5.7 2010 up 26.1% rising
103 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.7 2010 up 52.8% volatile
105 Cameroon 5.46 2010 up 106.8% volatile
105 Nicaragua 5.46 2010 up 46.0% rising
107 Honduras 5.39 2010 up 31.8% rising
108 Libya 5.29 2010 up 75.7% volatile
109 Iraq 4.59 2010 up 77.2% volatile
110 India 4.47 2010 up 19.5% volatile
111 Egypt 4.31 2010 up 38.6% volatile
112 Togo 4.24 2010 up 60.6% volatile
113 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.23 2010 up 43.9% volatile
114 Uganda 4.05 2010 up 26.6% volatile
115 Liberia 3.99 2010 up 121.7% volatile
116 Algeria 3.84 2010 up 57.4% volatile
117 Guatemala 3.79 2010 up 17.0% rising
118 Malawi 3.74 2010 up 78.1% volatile
119 Bangladesh 3.73 2010 up 3.0% volatile
120 Pakistan 3.68 2010 up 52.7% volatile
121 Papua New Guinea 3.63 2010 up 58.5% volatile
122 Myanmar 3.37 2010 up 19.1% volatile
123 Central African Republic 3.35 2010 up 61.8% volatile
124 Cambodia 3.33 2010 up 9.5% volatile
125 Côte d'Ivoire 3.09 2010 up 33.2% volatile
125 Morocco 3.09 2010 up 39.8% volatile
127 Haiti 3.03 2010 up 45.0% volatile
128 Eswatini 2.98 2010 up 3.8% rising
129 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.97 2010 up 71.7% volatile
130 Benin 2.94 2010 up 42.0% volatile
131 Mauritania 2.75 2010 up 31.0% rising
132 Rwanda 2.56 2010 up 29.9% volatile
133 Nepal 2.35 2010 up 47.8% volatile
134 Sierra Leone 2.32 2010 up 73.1% volatile
135 Afghanistan 2.28 2010 up 32.6% volatile
135 Senegal 2.28 2010 up 58.3% flat
137 Burundi 1.88 2010 up 8.0% volatile
138 Gambia 1.83 2010 up 36.6% volatile
139 Sudan 1.76 2010 up 76.0% volatile
140 Maldives 1.71 2010 down 26.0% falling
141 Mali 1.53 2010 up 302.6% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.93 2010 up 89.8% volatile
143 Niger 0.84 2010 up 86.7% rising
144 Yemen 0.36 2010 up 3,500.0% volatile

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