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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, female by country

Average years of primary schooling, 75+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 75.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.99
Czechia
Lowest
0.01
Yemen
Median
2.52
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.99 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.52, and the mean is 2.8.

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

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 79.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 8.99 2010 up 1.1% rising
2 Slovakia 8.86 2010 up 7.7% rising
3 Belize 7.98 2010 up 19.8% rising
3 Hungary 7.98 2010 up 0.8% rising
5 Germany 7.79 2010 up 20.0% rising
6 Slovenia 7.74 2010 up 0.3% rising
7 Switzerland 7.69 2010 up 41.4% rising
8 Norway 6.91 2010 down 1.0% flat
9 Croatia 6.65 2010 up 27.2% rising
10 New Zealand 6.49 2010 unchanged flat
11 Poland 6.4 2010 up 19.9% rising
12 Argentina 6.11 2010 up 15.5% rising
13 Estonia 5.96 2010 unchanged rising
14 United States 5.89 2010 up 0.2% rising
15 Netherlands 5.87 2010 up 0.9% flat
16 Japan 5.67 2010 up 3.3% rising
17 United Kingdom 5.63 2010 up 6.6% rising
18 Spain 5.62 2010 up 71.9% volatile
19 Australia 5.58 2010 down 0.2% rising
20 Barbados 5.57 2010 down 1.9% rising
21 Trinidad and Tobago 5.53 2010 up 7.0% rising
22 Canada 5.42 2010 up 3.4% rising
22 Luxembourg 5.42 2010 up 3.0% rising
24 Sweden 5.39 2010 down 0.7% rising
25 Ireland 5.33 2010 up 16.1% falling
25 Iceland 5.33 2010 up 3.3% rising
27 Tonga 5.32 2010 up 3.5% rising
28 Romania 5.18 2010 up 4.0% rising
29 Belgium 4.93 2010 down 0.2% flat
30 Israel 4.86 2010 down 13.7% rising
31 France 4.81 2010 up 5.3% rising
32 Uruguay 4.65 2010 down 7.0% rising
33 Fiji 4.5 2010 up 5.1% rising
34 Jamaica 4.46 2010 up 9.3% rising
35 Malta 4.35 2010 up 21.5% rising
36 Greece 4.3 2010 up 70.6% rising
37 Sri Lanka 4.25 2010 up 22.8% rising
38 Chile 4.22 2010 up 1.2% rising
39 Finland 4 2010 up 15.6% falling
40 Cyprus 3.99 2010 up 85.6% rising
41 Serbia 3.91 2010 up 3.7% rising
42 Lithuania 3.75 2010 up 53.7% rising
43 Costa Rica 3.73 2010 up 4.5% rising
44 Denmark 3.72 2010 up 2.2% falling
45 Armenia 3.71 2010 up 1.1% rising
45 Latvia 3.71 2010 up 7.2% rising
47 Guyana 3.7 2010 up 0.5% flat
47 South Africa 3.7 2010 down 38.6% rising
49 Panama 3.67 2010 up 0.5% rising
50 Austria 3.65 2010 up 1.7% flat
50 Vietnam 3.65 2010 up 60.8% rising
52 El Salvador 3.6 2010 up 160.9% rising
53 Bulgaria 3.59 2010 up 25.5% rising
54 Colombia 3.55 2010 up 38.1% rising
55 Kazakhstan 3.53 2010 up 18.1% rising
56 Tajikistan 3.42 2010 up 1.8% rising
57 Russia 3.35 2010 up 4.0% rising
58 Ukraine 3.25 2010 up 5.2% rising
59 Lesotho 3.24 2010 down 1.5% rising
60 Kyrgyzstan 3.13 2010 up 28.3% rising
61 Paraguay 3.1 2010 down 3.1% rising
62 Albania 3 2010 down 18.9% volatile
62 Moldova 3 2010 up 63.0% rising
64 South Korea 2.98 2010 up 115.9% volatile
65 Italy 2.93 2010 down 13.8% rising
66 Brazil 2.75 2010 up 27.3% rising
66 Ecuador 2.75 2010 down 11.3% rising
68 Macao 2.7 2010 up 65.6% rising
69 Philippines 2.67 2010 down 14.1% rising
70 Zimbabwe 2.64 2010 down 41.5% volatile
71 Cuba 2.62 2010 up 5.6% falling
72 Dominican Republic 2.55 2010 down 27.1% rising
73 Botswana 2.5 2010 up 50.6% rising
74 Mongolia 2.42 2010 up 30.8% volatile
75 Mauritius 2.4 2010 down 50.5% rising
76 Peru 2.25 2010 up 5.1% rising
77 Mexico 2.13 2010 up 2.9% rising
78 Namibia 2.12 2010 up 36.8% rising
79 Venezuela 2.09 2010 up 22.2% rising
80 Thailand 2.07 2010 up 86.5% volatile
81 Zambia 2.01 2010 up 2.0% volatile
82 Hong Kong 1.93 2010 up 87.4% rising
83 Iran 1.89 2010 up 76.6% volatile
84 Honduras 1.85 2010 up 1.6% rising
85 Nicaragua 1.83 2010 up 15.8% rising
86 China 1.73 2010 up 78.4% volatile
86 Qatar 1.73 2010 up 193.2% volatile
88 Bangladesh 1.69 2010 down 45.8% volatile
89 Guatemala 1.62 2010 up 13.3% rising
90 Turkey 1.58 2010 up 28.5% volatile
91 Indonesia 1.53 2010 up 29.7% volatile
92 Uganda 1.51 2010 down 57.8% volatile
93 Portugal 1.44 2010 down 14.8% rising
94 Jordan 1.38 2010 up 72.5% volatile
95 Mauritania 1.36 2010 up 12.4% rising
96 Bolivia 1.35 2010 down 73.2% volatile
97 United Arab Emirates 1.23 2010 up 66.2% volatile
98 Saudi Arabia 1.15 2010 up 6.5% rising
99 Malaysia 1.14 2010 down 79.0% volatile
100 Brunei 1.13 2010 up 113.2% volatile
101 Gabon 1.11 2010 up 42.3% rising
101 Kuwait 1.11 2010 up 109.4% volatile
103 Ghana 1 2010 up 194.1% volatile
104 Singapore 0.94 2010 up 32.4% volatile
105 Myanmar 0.83 2010 up 20.3% rising
106 Eswatini 0.77 2010 down 27.4% volatile
107 Kenya 0.74 2010 up 29.8% volatile
108 Haiti 0.69 2010 up 9.5% rising
109 Egypt 0.66 2010 up 32.0% volatile
110 Tanzania 0.65 2010 up 1.6% rising
111 Bahrain 0.62 2010 up 87.9% volatile
112 Malawi 0.57 2010 up 18.8% rising
113 Syria 0.56 2010 down 11.1% volatile
114 Cameroon 0.48 2010 up 84.6% rising
115 Mali 0.45 2010 up 1,400.0% volatile
116 India 0.44 2010 up 18.9% rising
117 Pakistan 0.37 2010 up 54.2% volatile
118 Gambia 0.36 2010 up 16.1% rising
118 Laos 0.36 2010 up 100.0% rising
118 Togo 0.36 2010 up 33.3% volatile
121 Cambodia 0.35 2010 up 29.6% volatile
122 Central African Republic 0.32 2010 down 5.9% rising
123 Liberia 0.31 2010 down 6.1% rising
124 Maldives 0.28 2010 down 30.0% volatile
125 Benin 0.23 2010 up 64.3% flat
125 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.23 2010 up 130.0% volatile
127 Congo 0.22 2010 up 37.5% rising
127 Sierra Leone 0.22 2010 down 18.5% falling
129 Algeria 0.21 2010 up 90.9% volatile
129 Tunisia 0.21 2010 up 50.0% rising
131 Iraq 0.2 2010 up 150.0% volatile
131 Libya 0.2 2010 up 185.7% volatile
133 Burundi 0.16 2010 up 220.0% volatile
133 Cote d'Ivoire 0.16 2010 up 60.0% volatile
135 Papua New Guinea 0.15 2010 up 7.1% rising
136 Morocco 0.13 2010 down 7.1% rising
136 Rwanda 0.13 2010 up 62.5% flat
136 Sudan 0.13 2010 up 44.4% volatile
139 Nepal 0.12 2010 unchanged volatile
140 Senegal 0.09 2010 down 75.7% volatile
141 Niger 0.08 2010 up 14.3% rising
142 Mozambique 0.07 2010 up 40.0% volatile
143 Afghanistan 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
144 Yemen 0.01 2010 unchanged rising

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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, 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, 75+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 75.