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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 55-59, female is the average years of education completed among females age 55-59.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.49
United States
Lowest
0.06
Yemen
Median
6.58
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.49 in United States; the lowest is 0.06 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.58, and the mean is 6.61.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 225.

Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 670.6%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 27.3%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 13.49 2010 up 3.2% rising
2 Slovakia 13 2010 up 21.7% rising
3 Czechia 12.9 2010 up 2.1% rising
4 Norway 12.87 2010 up 19.6% rising
5 Estonia 12.83 2010 up 10.1% rising
6 Denmark 12.7 2010 up 47.0% rising
7 Israel 12.61 2010 up 12.2% rising
8 Germany 12.58 2010 up 26.4% rising
9 Switzerland 12.47 2010 up 21.7% rising
10 Canada 12.44 2010 up 19.7% rising
11 Sweden 12.01 2010 down 0.9% rising
12 Ireland 12 2010 up 30.3% rising
13 Finland 11.93 2010 up 44.6% rising
14 Russia 11.91 2010 up 10.3% volatile
15 Hungary 11.9 2010 up 11.0% rising
16 Kazakhstan 11.77 2010 up 21.1% volatile
16 Ukraine 11.77 2010 up 17.0% rising
18 Slovenia 11.73 2010 up 3.5% rising
19 Belize 11.68 2010 up 27.7% rising
20 New Zealand 11.63 2010 up 8.0% rising
21 Croatia 11.41 2010 up 29.4% rising
22 Bulgaria 11.27 2010 up 23.3% rising
23 Serbia 11.18 2010 up 43.0% volatile
24 Australia 11.12 2010 up 7.9% rising
24 Japan 11.12 2010 up 18.6% rising
26 Lithuania 11.07 2010 up 15.4% volatile
27 United Kingdom 11.06 2010 up 26.7% rising
28 Kyrgyzstan 11.04 2010 up 44.7% rising
29 Tajikistan 10.99 2010 up 29.0% volatile
30 Armenia 10.88 2010 up 12.3% rising
31 Moldova 10.82 2010 up 43.9% volatile
32 Netherlands 10.74 2010 up 7.5% rising
33 Poland 10.56 2010 up 10.5% rising
34 Romania 10.53 2010 up 21.6% rising
35 Latvia 10.3 2010 up 6.4% rising
36 Iceland 10.16 2010 up 21.1% rising
37 Belgium 10.02 2010 up 8.9% rising
38 Albania 9.79 2010 up 82.3% volatile
39 Luxembourg 9.78 2010 up 13.5% rising
40 South Korea 9.73 2010 up 36.1% volatile
41 Tonga 9.71 2010 up 19.4% rising
42 France 9.68 2010 up 14.2% rising
43 Cyprus 9.47 2010 up 27.6% rising
44 Cuba 9.29 2010 up 60.4% rising
45 Argentina 9.28 2010 up 20.1% rising
46 Trinidad and Tobago 9.14 2010 up 24.0% rising
47 Greece 9.05 2010 up 29.3% rising
48 Barbados 9.04 2010 up 5.9% rising
49 Sri Lanka 8.84 2010 up 21.9% rising
50 Spain 8.83 2010 up 9.4% rising
51 Jamaica 8.76 2010 up 28.4% rising
52 Italy 8.75 2010 up 34.0% rising
53 Chile 8.71 2010 up 36.3% rising
54 Guyana 8.7 2010 up 38.1% rising
55 Fiji 8.68 2010 up 15.6% rising
56 Mongolia 8.62 2010 up 62.9% volatile
57 United Arab Emirates 8.53 2010 up 58.0% volatile
58 Austria 8.42 2010 up 8.8% rising
59 Hong Kong 8.34 2010 up 43.1% volatile
60 Singapore 8.08 2010 up 75.3% volatile
61 Brunei 8.05 2010 up 105.4% volatile
62 Uruguay 7.98 2010 up 9.9% rising
63 Malta 7.91 2010 up 3.1% rising
63 Panama 7.91 2010 up 12.4% rising
65 Gabon 7.71 2010 up 63.3% volatile
66 Costa Rica 7.43 2010 up 26.1% rising
67 Philippines 7.14 2010 up 15.5% rising
68 Portugal 7.03 2010 up 55.2% volatile
69 South Africa 7.02 2010 up 35.3% rising
70 Qatar 6.97 2010 up 97.5% volatile
71 Venezuela 6.96 2010 up 82.2% volatile
72 Colombia 6.9 2010 up 40.0% rising
73 Peru 6.25 2010 up 13.4% rising
74 Malaysia 6.22 2010 up 85.1% volatile
75 Macao 6.03 2010 up 21.3% rising
76 Brazil 5.93 2010 up 56.1% rising
77 Mexico 5.91 2010 up 39.1% rising
78 Mauritius 5.9 2010 up 96.7% rising
79 Botswana 5.86 2010 up 51.8% volatile
80 Iran 5.71 2010 up 102.5% volatile
81 Paraguay 5.68 2010 up 1.8% rising
82 Kuwait 5.64 2010 up 36.6% volatile
83 Dominican Republic 5.5 2010 up 11.6% rising
84 Thailand 5.31 2010 up 143.6% volatile
85 Vietnam 5.29 2010 up 35.3% volatile
86 Zambia 5.21 2010 up 150.5% volatile
87 China 5.18 2010 up 31.8% volatile
88 El Salvador 5.07 2010 up 55.0% rising
89 Bahrain 5.02 2010 up 104.1% volatile
90 Lesotho 4.84 2010 down 0.2% rising
91 Ghana 4.79 2010 up 161.7% volatile
92 Jordan 4.7 2010 up 161.1% volatile
93 Ecuador 4.68 2010 down 4.5% rising
94 Indonesia 4.61 2010 up 9.8% volatile
95 Congo 4.59 2010 up 232.6% volatile
96 Namibia 4.51 2010 up 30.3% rising
97 Nicaragua 4.48 2010 up 66.5% rising
98 Honduras 4.42 2010 up 27.4% rising
99 Turkey 4.06 2010 up 36.7% volatile
100 Saudi Arabia 3.96 2010 up 155.5% volatile
101 Libya 3.85 2010 up 131.9% volatile
102 Cameroon 3.62 2010 up 144.6% volatile
103 Zimbabwe 3.43 2010 up 35.0% rising
104 Bolivia 3.23 2010 down 15.2% rising
105 Guatemala 2.98 2010 up 40.6% volatile
106 Bangladesh 2.94 2010 up 29.5% volatile
107 Myanmar 2.93 2010 up 51.8% volatile
108 Egypt 2.83 2010 up 71.5% volatile
109 Syria 2.81 2010 up 99.3% volatile
110 Uganda 2.77 2010 up 125.2% volatile
111 Tunisia 2.74 2010 up 104.5% volatile
112 Algeria 2.66 2010 up 171.4% volatile
113 Cambodia 2.51 2010 up 128.2% volatile
114 Tanzania 2.46 2010 up 93.7% volatile
115 Eswatini 2.45 2010 down 4.7% rising
116 Iraq 2.34 2010 up 196.2% volatile
117 Laos 2.22 2010 up 128.9% volatile
118 India 1.92 2010 up 62.7% volatile
119 Kenya 1.8 2010 up 71.4% volatile
120 Papua New Guinea 1.64 2010 up 215.4% volatile
121 Cote d'Ivoire 1.62 2010 up 244.7% volatile
121 Morocco 1.62 2010 up 194.5% volatile
123 Haiti 1.59 2010 up 60.6% rising
124 Togo 1.5 2010 up 61.3% volatile
125 Mauritania 1.48 2010 up 13.0% rising
126 Mali 1.31 2010 up 670.6% volatile
126 Malawi 1.31 2010 up 47.2% rising
128 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.25 2010 up 160.4% volatile
128 Pakistan 1.25 2010 up 43.7% volatile
130 Liberia 1.21 2010 up 105.1% rising
131 Benin 1.14 2010 up 103.6% volatile
131 Rwanda 1.14 2010 up 208.1% volatile
131 Senegal 1.14 2010 up 62.9% falling
134 Sierra Leone 1.13 2010 up 135.4% volatile
135 Maldives 1.09 2010 down 27.3% falling
136 Sudan 0.95 2010 up 126.2% volatile
137 Burundi 0.93 2010 down 24.4% volatile
138 Central African Republic 0.88 2010 up 109.5% volatile
139 Gambia 0.72 2010 up 5.9% rising
140 Nepal 0.69 2010 up 115.6% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.39 2010 up 143.8% falling
142 Afghanistan 0.37 2010 up 270.0% volatile
143 Niger 0.24 2010 up 100.0% rising
144 Yemen 0.06 2010 up 500.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 55-59, 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, 55-59, female is the average years of education completed among females age 55-59.