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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 70-74, female by country

Average years of primary schooling, 70-74, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 70-74.

Countries reporting
142
Highest
8.99
Czechia
Lowest
0.01
Yemen
Median
2.94
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 70-74, 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 2.94, and the mean is 3.17.

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

Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,866.7%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 20.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 70-74, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 8.99 2010 up 0.8% rising
2 Slovakia 8.97 2010 up 9.0% rising
3 Belize 7.98 2010 up 14.0% rising
4 Hungary 7.94 2010 up 1.1% rising
5 Slovenia 7.9 2010 up 2.3% rising
6 Switzerland 7.78 2010 up 35.1% rising
6 Germany 7.78 2010 up 17.0% rising
8 Croatia 7.51 2010 up 29.3% rising
9 Poland 6.94 2010 up 19.4% rising
10 Norway 6.9 2010 down 1.0% flat
11 Serbia 6.79 2010 up 75.9% rising
12 New Zealand 6.46 2010 up 0.9% flat
13 Spain 6.44 2010 up 72.2% rising
14 Romania 6.32 2010 up 15.5% rising
15 Trinidad and Tobago 6.15 2010 up 14.1% rising
16 Argentina 6.11 2010 up 15.5% rising
17 Estonia 5.98 2010 up 0.8% rising
18 United States 5.91 2010 up 0.5% rising
19 Netherlands 5.9 2010 up 2.4% flat
20 Japan 5.75 2010 up 2.9% rising
21 Sweden 5.68 2010 up 4.2% rising
22 Tonga 5.66 2010 up 12.1% rising
23 United Kingdom 5.65 2010 up 9.9% rising
24 Canada 5.63 2010 up 7.4% rising
25 Australia 5.59 2010 up 1.1% rising
26 Barbados 5.56 2010 up 4.9% rising
27 Ireland 5.53 2010 up 10.8% flat
27 Luxembourg 5.53 2010 up 3.9% rising
29 Iceland 5.44 2010 up 3.0% rising
30 Greece 5.3 2010 up 71.5% rising
31 Belgium 5.24 2010 up 3.1% flat
32 Israel 5.14 2010 down 8.1% rising
33 Malta 5.13 2010 up 42.1% rising
34 Cyprus 5.12 2010 up 135.9% rising
35 Uruguay 4.98 2010 up 0.4% rising
36 Fiji 4.84 2010 up 9.3% rising
37 France 4.81 2010 up 5.5% rising
37 Guyana 4.81 2010 up 30.7% rising
39 Chile 4.68 2010 up 12.2% rising
40 Jamaica 4.6 2010 up 9.0% rising
42 Sri Lanka 4.28 2010 up 10.9% rising
43 Panama 4.25 2010 up 16.4% rising
44 Costa Rica 4.05 2010 up 9.8% rising
45 Cuba 4.04 2010 up 62.9% flat
46 South Korea 4.02 2010 up 63.4% volatile
47 Colombia 4.01 2010 up 55.4% rising
47 Italy 4.01 2010 up 4.7% rising
49 Finland 4 2010 up 15.6% falling
50 Lithuania 3.98 2010 up 17.8% rising
51 Armenia 3.94 2010 up 7.4% rising
51 Latvia 3.94 2010 up 4.5% rising
53 Paraguay 3.92 2010 up 22.5% rising
54 Ukraine 3.88 2010 up 29.8% rising
55 El Salvador 3.85 2010 up 158.4% rising
56 Hong Kong 3.83 2010 up 264.8% volatile
57 Tajikistan 3.78 2010 up 12.5% rising
58 Bulgaria 3.77 2010 up 14.6% rising
59 Kazakhstan 3.76 2010 up 25.8% volatile
59 Lesotho 3.76 2010 up 9.6% rising
61 Russia 3.73 2010 up 15.8% rising
62 Denmark 3.72 2010 up 1.4% falling
63 Moldova 3.7 2010 up 69.7% volatile
64 Austria 3.66 2010 up 1.7% falling
65 Albania 3.65 2010 up 26.7% volatile
65 Vietnam 3.65 2010 up 60.8% rising
67 Kyrgyzstan 3.62 2010 up 18.7% rising
68 Dominican Republic 3.36 2010 down 4.3% rising
69 China 3.29 2010 up 219.4% volatile
70 Botswana 3.14 2010 up 21.2% rising
71 Namibia 2.97 2010 up 32.0% rising
72 Philippines 2.95 2010 down 5.1% rising
73 Mongolia 2.92 2010 up 57.8% volatile
74 Ecuador 2.85 2010 down 7.5% rising
75 Bolivia 2.74 2010 up 57.5% rising
75 Qatar 2.74 2010 up 349.2% volatile
77 Venezuela 2.73 2010 up 59.6% rising
78 Macao 2.7 2010 up 65.6% rising
79 Peru 2.68 2010 up 25.2% rising
80 Mexico 2.66 2010 up 28.5% rising
81 Brunei 2.51 2010 up 99.2% volatile
82 Honduras 2.49 2010 up 36.8% rising
82 Malaysia 2.49 2010 up 77.9% volatile
84 Indonesia 2.42 2010 up 103.4% volatile
85 Mauritius 2.37 2010 up 38.6% rising
86 Turkey 2.32 2010 up 88.6% volatile
87 Brazil 2.23 2010 down 4.3% rising
88 Gabon 2.22 2010 up 184.6% volatile
89 Zimbabwe 2.2 2010 up 32.5% rising
90 Portugal 2.16 2010 up 7.5% rising
91 Iran 2.14 2010 up 98.1% volatile
91 Nicaragua 2.14 2010 up 31.3% rising
93 Thailand 2.07 2010 up 86.5% volatile
94 Zambia 1.97 2010 unchanged volatile
95 Singapore 1.81 2010 up 88.5% volatile
96 Guatemala 1.75 2010 up 19.0% rising
97 Bangladesh 1.62 2010 up 45.9% volatile
98 United Arab Emirates 1.56 2010 up 102.6% volatile
99 Ghana 1.52 2010 up 192.3% volatile
100 Jordan 1.38 2010 up 58.6% volatile
101 Uganda 1.35 2010 up 77.6% volatile
102 Mauritania 1.34 2010 up 3.1% rising
103 Tanzania 1.24 2010 up 93.8% rising
104 Burundi 1.17 2010 up 1,070.0% volatile
105 Saudi Arabia 1.15 2010 up 6.5% rising
106 Cambodia 1.11 2010 up 270.0% volatile
106 Kuwait 1.11 2010 up 109.4% volatile
108 Syria 0.99 2010 up 57.1% volatile
109 Eswatini 0.93 2010 down 10.6% volatile
110 Myanmar 0.89 2010 up 18.7% rising
111 Malawi 0.83 2010 up 38.3% rising
112 Haiti 0.75 2010 up 15.4% rising
113 Egypt 0.74 2010 up 51.0% volatile
113 Kenya 0.74 2010 up 4.2% volatile
115 Laos 0.71 2010 up 102.9% volatile
116 Cameroon 0.67 2010 up 109.4% volatile
117 Togo 0.63 2010 up 110.0% volatile
118 Bahrain 0.61 2010 up 90.6% volatile
119 Maldives 0.59 2010 up 47.5% falling
119 Mali 0.59 2010 up 1,866.7% volatile
119 Tunisia 0.59 2010 up 321.4% volatile
122 India 0.51 2010 up 41.7% rising
123 Pakistan 0.48 2010 up 92.0% volatile
124 Papua New Guinea 0.45 2010 up 200.0% volatile
125 Benin 0.44 2010 up 91.3% rising
126 Gambia 0.42 2010 up 35.5% rising
128 Liberia 0.36 2010 up 16.1% rising
129 Rwanda 0.35 2010 up 150.0% volatile
130 Morocco 0.33 2010 up 175.0% rising
130 Senegal 0.33 2010 down 8.3% falling
132 Algeria 0.31 2010 up 121.4% volatile
132 Libya 0.31 2010 up 181.8% volatile
134 Congo 0.3 2010 up 172.7% rising
135 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.29 2010 up 163.6% volatile
136 Cote d'Ivoire 0.23 2010 up 91.7% volatile
137 Sierra Leone 0.2 2010 down 20.0% falling
138 Iraq 0.19 2010 up 58.3% volatile
139 Sudan 0.18 2010 up 80.0% volatile
140 Nepal 0.17 2010 up 41.7% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.09 2010 up 80.0% volatile
142 Niger 0.08 2010 up 14.3% rising
143 Afghanistan 0.06 2010 up 100.0% 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.

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 70-74, 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
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Average years of primary schooling, 70-74, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 70-74.