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, Rep.

Median

2.52

Years covered

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, Rep..

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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Czechia	8.99	2010	up 1.1%	rising
2	Slovak Republic	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	Viet Nam	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	Russian Federation	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	Kyrgyz Republic	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	Korea, Rep.	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, RB	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, Islamic Rep.	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	Turkiye	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 Darussalam	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, Arab Rep.	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	Syrian Arab Republic	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, The	0.36	2010	up 16.1%	rising
118	Lao PDR	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	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.23	2010	up 130.0%	volatile
127	Congo, Rep.	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, Rep.	0.01	2010	unchanged	rising

About this data

Indicator: 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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