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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 60-64, female is the average years of education completed among females age 60-64.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.45
United States
Lowest
0.01
Yemen
Median
5.88
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.45 in United States; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.88, and the mean is 6.15.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,345.

Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,757.1%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 24.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 13.45 2010 up 5.8% rising
2 Slovakia 13 2010 up 22.8% rising
3 Czechia 12.9 2010 up 4.5% rising
4 Sweden 12.87 2010 up 26.3% rising
5 Estonia 12.84 2010 up 10.1% rising
6 Israel 12.63 2010 up 32.5% rising
7 Canada 12.44 2010 up 30.0% rising
8 Switzerland 12.15 2010 up 29.5% rising
9 Norway 12 2010 up 20.2% rising
10 Hungary 11.9 2010 up 11.0% rising
11 Germany 11.79 2010 up 29.4% rising
12 Ukraine 11.78 2010 up 18.8% volatile
13 Slovenia 11.74 2010 up 8.4% rising
14 Belize 11.69 2010 up 28.2% rising
15 Finland 11.66 2010 up 70.2% rising
16 Croatia 11.42 2010 up 30.2% rising
17 Kazakhstan 11.37 2010 up 37.0% volatile
18 Ireland 11.25 2010 up 30.1% rising
19 Japan 11.12 2010 up 19.2% rising
20 Lithuania 11.08 2010 up 36.0% volatile
21 Russia 11.07 2010 up 18.0% volatile
22 Serbia 11.05 2010 up 61.5% volatile
23 Kyrgyzstan 11.04 2010 up 66.0% rising
24 United Kingdom 11.03 2010 up 37.4% rising
25 Tajikistan 11 2010 up 29.0% volatile
26 Armenia 10.89 2010 up 12.4% rising
27 Moldova 10.82 2010 up 58.0% volatile
28 Netherlands 10.75 2010 up 7.8% rising
29 Poland 10.56 2010 up 18.4% rising
30 Romania 10.53 2010 up 37.1% rising
31 Australia 10.3 2010 up 4.6% rising
32 Bulgaria 10.28 2010 up 29.6% rising
33 Denmark 10.26 2010 up 37.2% rising
34 Latvia 10.1 2010 up 8.4% rising
35 Belgium 10.08 2010 up 21.4% rising
36 France 9.73 2010 up 36.1% rising
37 Tonga 9.71 2010 up 29.8% rising
38 Luxembourg 9.66 2010 up 19.0% rising
39 Cyprus 9.47 2010 up 69.7% volatile
40 Trinidad and Tobago 9.14 2010 up 24.9% rising
41 Iceland 9.11 2010 up 16.3% rising
42 Greece 9.05 2010 up 67.3% rising
43 Barbados 9.04 2010 up 5.9% rising
44 New Zealand 8.81 2010 down 17.7% rising
45 Chile 8.72 2010 up 36.5% rising
46 Guyana 8.69 2010 up 37.9% rising
46 Italy 8.69 2010 up 33.1% rising
48 South Korea 8.4 2010 up 55.0% volatile
49 Hong Kong 8.34 2010 up 93.5% volatile
50 Malta 8.28 2010 up 38.9% rising
51 Austria 8.21 2010 up 33.1% rising
52 Mongolia 8.14 2010 up 54.2% volatile
53 Cuba 8.09 2010 up 39.7% rising
54 Uruguay 8 2010 up 26.0% rising
55 Brunei 7.98 2010 up 106.2% volatile
56 Spain 7.91 2010 up 23.4% volatile
56 Panama 7.91 2010 up 27.4% rising
58 Argentina 7.89 2010 up 2.2% rising
59 Albania 7.83 2010 up 45.5% volatile
60 Sri Lanka 7.75 2010 up 6.9% rising
61 Jamaica 7.64 2010 up 24.8% rising
62 Costa Rica 7.43 2010 up 41.0% rising
63 South Africa 7.02 2010 up 35.3% rising
64 Qatar 6.97 2010 up 322.4% volatile
65 Colombia 6.9 2010 up 79.2% rising
66 Fiji 6.71 2010 up 7.4% rising
67 Singapore 6.49 2010 up 89.8% volatile
68 Philippines 6.24 2010 up 1.0% rising
69 Malaysia 6.22 2010 up 85.1% volatile
70 Venezuela 6.09 2010 up 61.5% volatile
71 Mexico 5.97 2010 up 64.0% rising
72 United Arab Emirates 5.92 2010 up 166.7% volatile
73 Botswana 5.85 2010 up 51.9% volatile
74 Paraguay 5.68 2010 up 48.3% rising
75 Kuwait 5.64 2010 up 195.3% volatile
76 Peru 5.57 2010 up 24.6% rising
77 Macao 5.54 2010 up 11.5% rising
78 Dominican Republic 5.5 2010 up 20.6% rising
78 Iran 5.5 2010 up 145.5% volatile
80 Vietnam 5.26 2010 up 37.7% volatile
81 Brazil 5.25 2010 up 73.8% rising
82 China 5.18 2010 up 79.2% volatile
83 Portugal 5.08 2010 up 43.9% rising
84 El Salvador 5.07 2010 up 80.4% volatile
85 Gabon 4.84 2010 up 79.3% volatile
85 Lesotho 4.84 2010 up 25.7% rising
85 Mauritius 4.84 2010 up 61.3% rising
88 Jordan 4.7 2010 up 235.7% volatile
89 Ecuador 4.68 2010 up 8.3% rising
90 Indonesia 4.61 2010 up 9.8% volatile
91 Namibia 4.51 2010 up 30.3% rising
92 Honduras 4.25 2010 up 47.1% rising
93 Ghana 4.1 2010 up 124.0% volatile
94 Turkey 4.06 2010 up 134.7% volatile
95 Nicaragua 3.5 2010 up 48.9% rising
96 Zimbabwe 3.43 2010 up 35.0% rising
97 Bahrain 3.34 2010 up 185.5% volatile
98 Bolivia 3.23 2010 down 15.4% rising
99 Thailand 3.22 2010 up 73.1% volatile
100 Bangladesh 2.94 2010 up 29.5% volatile
101 Uganda 2.77 2010 up 125.2% volatile
102 Tunisia 2.73 2010 up 415.1% volatile
103 Syria 2.6 2010 up 84.4% volatile
104 Zambia 2.54 2010 up 22.1% volatile
105 Cambodia 2.51 2010 up 274.6% volatile
106 Guatemala 2.5 2010 up 17.9% rising
107 Tanzania 2.46 2010 up 93.7% volatile
108 Myanmar 1.98 2010 up 81.7% volatile
109 Kenya 1.8 2010 up 81.8% volatile
110 Eswatini 1.77 2010 down 9.7% rising
111 Egypt 1.69 2010 up 79.8% volatile
112 Libya 1.66 2010 up 207.4% volatile
113 Laos 1.63 2010 up 126.4% volatile
114 Haiti 1.59 2010 up 60.6% rising
115 India 1.57 2010 up 86.9% volatile
116 Saudi Arabia 1.55 2010 unchanged rising
117 Cameroon 1.54 2010 up 123.2% volatile
117 Papua New Guinea 1.54 2010 up 196.2% volatile
119 Togo 1.48 2010 up 108.5% volatile
120 Mauritania 1.46 2010 up 12.3% rising
121 Congo 1.38 2010 up 294.3% volatile
121 Iraq 1.38 2010 up 392.9% volatile
123 Morocco 1.31 2010 up 138.2% volatile
123 Malawi 1.31 2010 up 47.2% rising
125 Mali 1.3 2010 up 1,757.1% volatile
126 Pakistan 1.25 2010 up 92.3% volatile
127 Benin 1.14 2010 up 103.6% volatile
127 Algeria 1.14 2010 up 185.0% volatile
127 Rwanda 1.14 2010 up 208.1% volatile
127 Senegal 1.14 2010 up 147.8% falling
131 Cote d'Ivoire 1 2010 up 233.3% volatile
131 Maldives 1 2010 down 15.3% falling
133 Burundi 0.92 2010 down 24.0% volatile
134 Central African Republic 0.87 2010 up 107.1% volatile
135 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.77 2010 up 148.4% volatile
135 Liberia 0.77 2010 up 45.3% rising
137 Gambia 0.72 2010 up 4.3% rising
138 Sierra Leone 0.69 2010 up 137.9% rising
139 Nepal 0.5 2010 up 127.3% volatile
140 Sudan 0.43 2010 up 87.0% volatile
141 Afghanistan 0.37 2010 up 270.0% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.17 2010 up 88.9% falling
143 Niger 0.12 2010 up 33.3% rising
144 Yemen 0.01 2010 unchanged rising

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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female
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, 60-64, female is the average years of education completed among females age 60-64.