Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 65-69, female by country

Average years of primary schooling, 65-69, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 65-69.

Countries reporting

142

Highest

8.99

Czechia

Lowest

0.01

Yemen

Median

3.21

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 65-69, female is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 8.99 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.21, and the mean is 3.27.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 899.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 900.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 26.7%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 65-69, female: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Czechia	8.99	2010	up 0.7%	rising
2	Slovakia	8.97	2010	up 8.9%	rising
3	Belize	7.98	2010	up 14.2%	rising
4	Hungary	7.94	2010	up 1.1%	rising
5	Slovenia	7.89	2010	up 2.2%	rising
6	Switzerland	7.79	2010	up 28.1%	rising
6	Germany	7.79	2010	up 16.6%	rising
8	Croatia	7.51	2010	up 25.6%	rising
9	Poland	6.94	2010	up 15.9%	rising
10	Norway	6.9	2010	down 0.9%	flat
11	Serbia	6.79	2010	up 75.9%	rising
12	Spain	6.44	2010	up 55.2%	rising
12	New Zealand	6.44	2010	up 0.9%	flat
14	Romania	6.33	2010	up 16.1%	rising
15	Trinidad and Tobago	6.15	2010	up 10.2%	rising
16	Argentina	6.08	2010	up 14.9%	rising
17	Estonia	5.98	2010	up 0.8%	rising
18	United States	5.95	2010	up 1.2%	rising
19	Netherlands	5.9	2010	up 4.6%	flat
20	Fiji	5.84	2010	up 15.2%	rising
21	Malta	5.79	2010	up 50.4%	rising
22	Japan	5.74	2010	up 2.5%	rising
23	Canada	5.72	2010	up 9.2%	rising
24	Sweden	5.69	2010	up 2.7%	rising
25	United Kingdom	5.68	2010	up 9.7%	rising
26	Australia	5.66	2010	up 3.1%	rising
26	Tonga	5.66	2010	up 6.8%	rising
28	Ireland	5.54	2010	up 10.6%	falling
29	Barbados	5.52	2010	up 4.2%	rising
30	Iceland	5.49	2010	up 4.4%	rising
31	Luxembourg	5.4	2010	up 0.6%	rising
32	Greece	5.3	2010	up 71.5%	rising
33	Belgium	5.23	2010	up 1.6%	flat
34	Israel	5.14	2010	up 10.5%	rising
35	Cyprus	5.12	2010	up 115.1%	rising
36	Uruguay	4.98	2010	up 5.5%	rising
37	South Korea	4.85	2010	up 41.0%	volatile
38	France	4.78	2010	up 8.9%	rising
38	Guyana	4.78	2010	up 29.9%	rising
40	Jamaica	4.74	2010	up 10.7%	rising
41	Chile	4.68	2010	up 12.2%	rising
43	Sri Lanka	4.28	2010	up 10.9%	rising
44	Panama	4.25	2010	up 16.4%	rising
45	Costa Rica	4.05	2010	up 10.4%	rising
46	Colombia	4.01	2010	up 38.8%	rising
46	Italy	4.01	2010	up 16.2%	rising
48	Finland	4	2010	up 15.3%	falling
49	Lithuania	3.98	2010	up 15.7%	rising
50	Kazakhstan	3.97	2010	up 32.8%	volatile
50	Latvia	3.97	2010	up 5.0%	rising
52	Cuba	3.95	2010	up 59.3%	flat
53	Armenia	3.94	2010	up 7.4%	rising
54	Ukraine	3.93	2010	up 15.9%	rising
55	Paraguay	3.92	2010	up 22.5%	rising
56	Macao	3.91	2010	up 139.9%	rising
57	Russia	3.86	2010	up 6.9%	rising
58	Bulgaria	3.85	2010	up 10.3%	rising
58	El Salvador	3.85	2010	up 86.0%	rising
60	Hong Kong	3.83	2010	up 264.8%	volatile
61	Denmark	3.82	2010	up 3.0%	falling
62	Lesotho	3.76	2010	up 6.8%	rising
62	Tajikistan	3.76	2010	up 11.9%	rising
64	Austria	3.74	2010	up 3.6%	falling
65	Moldova	3.7	2010	up 62.3%	volatile
66	Albania	3.65	2010	up 1.4%	volatile
66	Vietnam	3.65	2010	up 60.8%	volatile
68	Kyrgyzstan	3.62	2010	up 17.5%	rising
69	Dominican Republic	3.36	2010	down 4.5%	rising
70	China	3.29	2010	up 219.4%	volatile
71	Gabon	3.25	2010	up 139.0%	volatile
72	Mongolia	3.24	2010	up 75.1%	volatile
73	United Arab Emirates	3.19	2010	up 143.5%	volatile
74	Botswana	3.06	2010	up 17.7%	rising
75	Philippines	2.95	2010	down 5.1%	rising
76	Namibia	2.93	2010	up 30.2%	rising
77	Ecuador	2.85	2010	down 7.2%	rising
78	Bolivia	2.74	2010	up 57.5%	rising
78	Qatar	2.74	2010	up 334.9%	volatile
80	Venezuela	2.73	2010	up 58.7%	rising
81	Peru	2.68	2010	up 11.7%	rising
82	Mexico	2.66	2010	up 28.5%	rising
83	Honduras	2.49	2010	up 22.7%	rising
83	Malaysia	2.49	2010	up 74.1%	volatile
85	Brunei	2.48	2010	up 101.6%	volatile
85	Singapore	2.48	2010	up 96.8%	volatile
87	Brazil	2.42	2010	down 18.0%	rising
87	Indonesia	2.42	2010	up 101.7%	volatile
89	Mauritius	2.37	2010	up 38.6%	rising
90	Iran	2.36	2010	up 96.7%	volatile
90	Thailand	2.36	2010	up 50.3%	volatile
92	Nicaragua	2.34	2010	up 28.6%	rising
93	Turkey	2.32	2010	up 63.4%	volatile
94	Zimbabwe	2.18	2010	up 31.3%	rising
95	Portugal	2.16	2010	down 1.8%	rising
96	Zambia	1.95	2010	unchanged	volatile
97	Guatemala	1.79	2010	up 21.8%	rising
98	Bangladesh	1.57	2010	up 41.4%	volatile
99	Ghana	1.52	2010	up 192.3%	volatile
100	Jordan	1.38	2010	up 55.1%	volatile
101	Myanmar	1.35	2010	up 62.7%	volatile
101	Uganda	1.35	2010	up 77.6%	volatile
103	Mauritania	1.34	2010	up 3.1%	rising
104	Cameroon	1.3	2010	up 109.7%	volatile
105	Tanzania	1.23	2010	up 92.2%	rising
106	Burundi	1.15	2010	up 400.0%	volatile
107	Egypt	1.12	2010	up 62.3%	volatile
107	Saudi Arabia	1.12	2010	up 3.7%	rising
109	Cambodia	1.11	2010	up 177.5%	volatile
109	Kuwait	1.11	2010	up 65.7%	volatile
111	Eswatini	1.07	2010	down 26.7%	volatile
112	Congo	1.06	2010	up 265.5%	volatile
113	Syria	0.99	2010	up 57.1%	volatile
114	Laos	0.92	2010	up 114.0%	volatile
115	Algeria	0.89	2010	up 229.6%	volatile
116	Libya	0.88	2010	up 203.4%	volatile
117	Malawi	0.83	2010	up 38.3%	rising
118	Maldives	0.75	2010	up 87.5%	falling
119	Kenya	0.74	2010	up 1.4%	volatile
120	Haiti	0.72	2010	up 14.3%	rising
121	India	0.68	2010	up 58.1%	rising
122	Togo	0.63	2010	up 57.5%	volatile
123	Bahrain	0.61	2010	up 90.6%	volatile
124	Mali	0.6	2010	up 900.0%	volatile
125	Tunisia	0.59	2010	up 247.1%	volatile
126	Iraq	0.49	2010	up 172.2%	volatile
127	Pakistan	0.48	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
128	Papua New Guinea	0.46	2010	up 228.6%	volatile
129	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.44	2010	up 120.0%	volatile
130	Benin	0.42	2010	up 82.6%	rising
131	Liberia	0.4	2010	up 33.3%	rising
132	Gambia	0.39	2010	up 25.8%	rising
134	Cote d'Ivoire	0.35	2010	up 105.9%	volatile
134	Rwanda	0.35	2010	up 150.0%	volatile
134	Sierra Leone	0.35	2010	up 84.2%	falling
137	Sudan	0.33	2010	up 94.1%	volatile
137	Senegal	0.33	2010	down 10.8%	falling
139	Morocco	0.31	2010	up 181.8%	volatile
140	Nepal	0.23	2010	up 91.7%	volatile
141	Mozambique	0.14	2010	up 100.0%	falling
142	Niger	0.1	2010	up 42.9%	rising
143	Afghanistan	0.06	2010	up 200.0%	volatile
144	Yemen	0.01	2010	unchanged	rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

South Africa 4.31
Central African Republic 0.38

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 65-69, female
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average years of primary schooling, 65-69, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 65-69.