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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.5
United States of America
Lowest
0.15
Yemen
Median
7.03
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 55-59, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.5 in United States of America; the lowest is 0.15 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.03, and the mean is 7.15.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 90.

Over the past decade 138 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 1,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 22.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States of America 13.5 2010 up 2.2% rising
2 Slovakia 13.12 2010 up 16.8% rising
3 Czechia 13.09 2010 up 1.5% rising
4 Germany 13.04 2010 up 22.6% rising
5 Switzerland 13.02 2010 up 15.4% rising
6 Norway 12.94 2010 up 17.5% rising
7 Denmark 12.84 2010 up 37.9% rising
8 Israel 12.78 2010 up 10.7% rising
9 Estonia 12.65 2010 up 10.6% rising
10 Canada 12.43 2010 up 17.6% rising
11 Hungary 12.07 2010 up 10.3% rising
12 Slovenia 11.91 2010 up 2.6% rising
13 Finland 11.9 2010 up 43.0% rising
14 Belize 11.81 2010 up 27.0% rising
14 Russian Federation 11.81 2010 up 9.0% rising
16 Ireland 11.78 2010 up 26.9% rising
17 Kazakhstan 11.74 2010 up 17.3% volatile
17 Sweden 11.74 2010 down 0.9% rising
19 Croatia 11.7 2010 up 21.9% rising
20 Tajikistan 11.66 2010 up 19.6% volatile
20 Ukraine 11.66 2010 up 13.9% rising
22 Serbia 11.5 2010 up 31.7% rising
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.41 2010 up 28.6% rising
24 Australia 11.38 2010 up 8.6% rising
25 New Zealand 11.35 2010 up 3.3% rising
26 Netherlands 11.25 2010 up 7.1% rising
27 Bulgaria 11.23 2010 up 23.4% rising
28 Japan 11.21 2010 up 16.2% rising
29 Kyrgyzstan 11.19 2010 up 35.5% rising
30 Lithuania 11.02 2010 up 15.9% rising
31 Republic of Moldova 10.96 2010 up 35.5% volatile
32 Armenia 10.95 2010 up 10.6% rising
33 Romania 10.93 2010 up 17.1% rising
34 Luxembourg 10.61 2010 up 13.4% rising
34 Poland 10.61 2010 up 8.3% rising
36 Republic of Korea 10.55 2010 up 23.0% volatile
37 Belgium 10.31 2010 up 7.8% rising
38 Latvia 10.21 2010 up 5.7% rising
39 Albania 10.16 2010 up 60.0% volatile
40 Cyprus 10.02 2010 up 19.7% rising
41 France 9.98 2010 up 13.2% rising
42 Tonga 9.93 2010 up 17.4% rising
43 Iceland 9.76 2010 up 17.3% rising
44 Cuba 9.69 2010 up 49.5% rising
45 Greece 9.54 2010 up 23.4% rising
46 Austria 9.5 2010 up 7.5% rising
47 Spain 9.29 2010 up 5.7% rising
48 Trinidad and Tobago 9.26 2010 up 20.4% rising
49 Argentina 9.24 2010 up 19.8% rising
49 Sri Lanka 9.24 2010 up 18.0% rising
51 Hong Kong, China 9.16 2010 up 32.9% rising
51 Italy 9.16 2010 up 29.0% rising
53 Fiji 8.95 2010 up 10.8% rising
54 Barbados 8.93 2010 up 4.8% rising
55 Chile 8.92 2010 up 32.7% rising
56 Brunei Darussalam 8.89 2010 up 48.7% volatile
57 Singapore 8.88 2010 up 50.0% volatile
58 United Arab Emirates 8.83 2010 up 23.8% volatile
59 Mongolia 8.7 2010 up 38.1% volatile
60 Qatar 8.6 2010 up 66.0% volatile
61 Malta 8.5 2010 up 3.4% rising
62 Jamaica 8.45 2010 up 25.9% rising
63 Guyana 8.12 2010 up 27.9% rising
64 Panama 7.86 2010 up 12.3% rising
65 Uruguay 7.78 2010 up 2.9% rising
66 Costa Rica 7.36 2010 up 21.5% rising
67 South Africa 7.35 2010 up 32.7% rising
68 Portugal 7.27 2010 up 44.8% rising
69 Peru 7.26 2010 up 10.3% rising
70 Malaysia 7.2 2010 up 55.5% volatile
71 Philippines 7.16 2010 up 13.8% rising
72 Colombia 7.03 2010 up 36.8% rising
72 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 7.03 2010 up 71.9% volatile
74 Mauritius 7.01 2010 up 72.2% rising
75 Jordan 6.84 2010 up 86.4% volatile
76 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6.72 2010 up 76.4% volatile
77 Kuwait 6.7 2010 up 17.8% volatile
78 Zambia 6.65 2010 up 85.2% volatile
79 Gabon 6.47 2010 up 108.0% volatile
80 Macau, China 6.43 2010 up 9.9% rising
81 Mexico 6.41 2010 up 34.1% rising
82 Ghana 6.26 2010 up 90.3% volatile
83 Congo 6.23 2010 up 111.2% volatile
84 Saudi Arabia 6.14 2010 up 62.4% rising
85 Viet Nam 6.13 2010 up 29.3% rising
86 Bahrain 6.12 2010 up 22.9% volatile
87 China 6.02 2010 up 17.3% volatile
88 Botswana 5.97 2010 up 47.0% volatile
89 Brazil 5.92 2010 up 50.6% rising
90 Paraguay 5.81 2010 up 2.1% rising
91 Dominican Republic 5.79 2010 up 13.5% rising
92 Thailand 5.71 2010 up 125.7% volatile
93 El Salvador 5.53 2010 up 46.3% rising
94 Indonesia 5.49 2010 up 14.4% volatile
95 Libya 5.29 2010 up 75.7% volatile
96 Türkiye 5.25 2010 up 22.4% volatile
97 Ecuador 4.99 2010 down 1.0% rising
98 Namibia 4.75 2010 up 29.4% rising
99 Nicaragua 4.74 2010 up 50.5% rising
99 Syrian Arab Republic 4.74 2010 up 73.0% volatile
101 Honduras 4.49 2010 up 24.0% rising
102 Tunisia 4.47 2010 up 71.3% volatile
103 Cameroon 4.4 2010 up 68.6% volatile
104 Lesotho 4.36 2010 down 0.7% rising
105 Egypt 4.28 2010 up 38.5% volatile
106 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.25 2010 down 13.3% rising
107 Zimbabwe 4.21 2010 up 30.3% rising
108 India 4.18 2010 up 35.7% volatile
109 Iraq 3.91 2010 up 147.5% volatile
110 Uganda 3.9 2010 up 74.1% volatile
111 Algeria 3.84 2010 up 93.0% volatile
112 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.73 2010 up 62.9% rising
113 Bangladesh 3.62 2010 up 19.9% volatile
114 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.59 2010 up 62.4% volatile
115 Guatemala 3.53 2010 up 39.5% rising
116 Cambodia 3.52 2010 up 50.4% volatile
117 Liberia 3.44 2010 up 121.9% volatile
118 Haiti 3.02 2010 up 45.2% rising
119 Togo 3 2010 up 46.3% volatile
120 Pakistan 2.89 2010 up 29.0% volatile
121 Côte d'Ivoire 2.85 2010 up 106.5% volatile
122 Myanmar 2.84 2010 up 54.3% volatile
123 Eswatini 2.74 2010 up 11.8% rising
124 Papua New Guinea 2.42 2010 up 154.7% volatile
125 Morocco 2.4 2010 up 126.4% volatile
126 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.23 2010 up 60.4% volatile
127 Mauritania 2.11 2010 up 19.2% rising
128 Malawi 2.1 2010 up 32.1% rising
129 Benin 2.08 2010 up 67.7% rising
129 Central African Republic 2.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
131 Rwanda 1.97 2010 up 66.9% volatile
132 Sierra Leone 1.92 2010 up 100.0% volatile
133 Nepal 1.89 2010 up 56.2% volatile
134 Senegal 1.88 2010 up 41.4% falling
135 Kenya 1.76 2010 down 18.5% rising
136 Burundi 1.75 2010 up 41.1% volatile
137 Afghanistan 1.72 2010 up 201.8% volatile
138 Sudan 1.68 2010 up 75.0% volatile
139 Maldives 1.39 2010 down 22.3% falling
140 Gambia 1.34 2010 up 12.6% volatile
141 Mali 0.94 2010 up 147.4% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.91 2010 up 89.6% volatile
143 Niger 0.58 2010 up 31.8% rising
144 Yemen 0.15 2010 up 1,400.0% volatile

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