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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.53
United States of America
Lowest
0.01
Yemen
Median
6.57
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.53 in United States of America; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.57, and the mean is 6.72.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,353.

Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 370.0%), and the largest decrease in New Zealand (down 22.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States of America 13.53 2010 up 5.2% rising
2 Slovakia 13.12 2010 up 17.4% rising
3 Czechia 13.1 2010 up 3.3% rising
4 Israel 12.79 2010 up 26.6% rising
5 Switzerland 12.66 2010 up 20.6% rising
5 Estonia 12.66 2010 up 10.6% rising
7 Sweden 12.58 2010 up 24.1% rising
8 Canada 12.43 2010 up 27.2% rising
9 Germany 12.2 2010 up 22.2% rising
10 Hungary 12.07 2010 up 10.3% rising
11 Norway 12.06 2010 up 17.1% rising
12 Slovenia 11.92 2010 up 6.2% rising
13 Belize 11.82 2010 up 27.5% rising
14 Croatia 11.71 2010 up 22.5% rising
15 Ukraine 11.67 2010 up 15.2% rising
16 Tajikistan 11.66 2010 up 19.6% volatile
17 Finland 11.61 2010 up 65.6% rising
18 Kazakhstan 11.49 2010 up 32.5% volatile
19 Serbia 11.46 2010 up 45.4% rising
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.3 2010 up 38.0% rising
21 Netherlands 11.26 2010 up 7.5% rising
22 Japan 11.22 2010 up 16.9% rising
23 Kyrgyzstan 11.2 2010 up 55.1% rising
24 Russia 11.04 2010 up 16.2% volatile
25 Lithuania 11.02 2010 up 34.4% volatile
26 Ireland 11 2010 up 27.0% rising
27 Armenia 10.96 2010 up 10.7% rising
27 Republic of Moldova 10.96 2010 up 48.5% volatile
29 Romania 10.93 2010 up 29.3% rising
30 Poland 10.61 2010 up 15.2% rising
31 Denmark 10.56 2010 up 33.0% rising
32 Australia 10.53 2010 up 4.7% rising
33 Luxembourg 10.48 2010 up 17.6% rising
34 Belgium 10.36 2010 up 20.2% rising
35 Bulgaria 10.32 2010 up 27.4% rising
36 Latvia 10.08 2010 up 7.5% rising
37 Cyprus 10.02 2010 up 42.3% rising
38 France 10.01 2010 up 32.9% rising
39 Tonga 9.94 2010 up 29.4% rising
40 Greece 9.54 2010 up 50.2% rising
41 Korea 9.49 2010 up 35.6% volatile
42 Austria 9.31 2010 up 25.1% rising
43 Trinidad and Tobago 9.26 2010 up 21.2% rising
44 Hong Kong (China) 9.16 2010 up 58.8% rising
45 Italy 9.11 2010 up 28.1% rising
46 Iceland 9.1 2010 up 15.9% rising
47 Barbados 8.93 2010 up 4.8% rising
47 Chile 8.93 2010 up 32.9% rising
49 Brunei Darussalam 8.82 2010 up 49.5% volatile
50 Malta 8.77 2010 up 30.1% rising
51 Qatar 8.61 2010 up 167.4% volatile
52 Mongolia 8.53 2010 up 35.6% volatile
52 New Zealand 8.53 2010 down 22.0% rising
54 Cuba 8.41 2010 up 29.8% rising
55 Spain 8.36 2010 up 17.4% volatile
56 Albania 8.32 2010 up 30.8% volatile
56 United Arab Emirates 8.32 2010 up 121.3% volatile
58 Argentina 8.2 2010 up 6.4% rising
59 Guyana 8.12 2010 up 27.9% rising
59 Sri Lanka 8.12 2010 up 3.7% rising
61 Panama 7.86 2010 up 27.6% rising
62 Uruguay 7.79 2010 up 20.4% rising
63 Singapore 7.53 2010 up 60.6% volatile
64 Jamaica 7.4 2010 up 21.1% rising
65 Costa Rica 7.36 2010 up 36.5% rising
65 South Africa 7.36 2010 up 32.9% rising
67 Fiji 7.26 2010 up 5.1% rising
68 Malaysia 7.2 2010 up 55.5% volatile
69 Colombia 7.03 2010 up 75.3% rising
70 Jordan 6.88 2010 up 130.9% volatile
71 Kuwait 6.7 2010 up 81.6% volatile
72 Iran 6.6 2010 up 112.2% volatile
73 Mexico 6.55 2010 up 62.5% rising
74 Peru 6.49 2010 up 19.1% rising
75 Philippines 6.3 2010 up 0.2% rising
76 Mauritius 6.18 2010 up 51.8% rising
77 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 6.16 2010 up 52.9% volatile
78 Viet Nam 6.12 2010 up 31.3% rising
79 Macau (China) 6.04 2010 up 3.2% rising
80 China (People’s Republic of) 6.02 2010 up 42.0% volatile
81 Botswana 5.97 2010 up 47.0% volatile
82 Paraguay 5.81 2010 up 43.5% rising
83 Dominican Republic 5.79 2010 up 22.9% rising
84 El Salvador 5.53 2010 up 71.2% rising
85 Bahrain 5.51 2010 up 90.7% volatile
86 Indonesia 5.49 2010 up 14.4% volatile
87 Ghana 5.45 2010 up 65.7% volatile
88 Portugal 5.35 2010 up 30.2% rising
89 Brazil 5.26 2010 up 65.4% rising
90 Türkiye 5.25 2010 up 88.2% volatile
91 Ecuador 4.99 2010 up 11.4% rising
92 Namibia 4.75 2010 up 29.4% rising
93 Tunisia 4.46 2010 up 201.4% volatile
94 Syrian Arab Republic 4.44 2010 up 62.0% volatile
95 Lesotho 4.36 2010 up 24.2% rising
96 Honduras 4.33 2010 up 39.7% rising
97 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.25 2010 down 13.4% rising
98 Zimbabwe 4.21 2010 up 30.3% rising
99 Zambia 4.17 2010 up 16.2% rising
100 Uganda 3.9 2010 up 74.1% volatile
101 Saudi Arabia 3.78 2010 unchanged rising
102 India 3.74 2010 up 69.2% volatile
102 Nicaragua 3.74 2010 up 37.0% rising
104 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.73 2010 up 62.9% rising
105 Bangladesh 3.62 2010 up 19.9% rising
106 Thailand 3.56 2010 up 64.8% volatile
107 Cambodia 3.52 2010 up 94.5% volatile
108 Gabon 3.15 2010 up 104.5% volatile
109 Egypt 3.12 2010 up 41.8% volatile
110 Guatemala 3.06 2010 up 20.9% rising
111 Libya 3.01 2010 up 91.7% volatile
112 Congo 2.95 2010 up 130.5% volatile
112 Togo 2.95 2010 up 76.6% volatile
114 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.94 2010 up 47.7% volatile
115 Pakistan 2.89 2010 up 77.3% volatile
116 Myanmar 2.83 2010 up 54.6% volatile
117 Cameroon 2.65 2010 up 65.6% volatile
118 Iraq 2.59 2010 up 250.0% volatile
119 Côte d'Ivoire 2.32 2010 up 121.0% volatile
120 Liberia 2.29 2010 up 77.5% rising
120 Papua New Guinea 2.29 2010 up 141.1% volatile
122 Morocco 2.22 2010 up 109.4% volatile
123 Algeria 2.2 2010 up 141.8% volatile
124 Eswatini 2.11 2010 up 12.2% rising
125 Mauritania 2.1 2010 up 19.3% rising
125 Malawi 2.1 2010 up 32.1% rising
127 Haiti 2.09 2010 up 14.8% rising
128 Benin 2.07 2010 up 66.9% rising
128 Central African Republic 2.07 2010 up 99.0% volatile
130 Rwanda 1.97 2010 up 66.9% volatile
131 Senegal 1.88 2010 up 95.8% falling
132 Kenya 1.76 2010 down 9.3% rising
133 Burundi 1.74 2010 up 40.3% volatile
133 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.74 2010 up 51.3% volatile
135 Afghanistan 1.72 2010 up 201.8% volatile
136 Nepal 1.59 2010 up 109.2% volatile
137 Gambia 1.34 2010 up 12.6% volatile
137 Sierra Leone 1.34 2010 up 135.1% rising
139 Maldives 1.25 2010 down 6.7% falling
140 Sudan 1 2010 up 49.3% volatile
141 Mali 0.94 2010 up 370.0% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.49 2010 up 48.5% rising
143 Niger 0.45 2010 down 2.2% rising
144 Yemen 0.01 2010 unchanged rising

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