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

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

Countries reporting
140
Highest
8.99
Czechia
Lowest
0.01
Yemen
Median
2.75
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 8.99 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.75, and the mean is 3.09.

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

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 208.4%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 66.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 8.99 2010 up 0.9% rising
2 Slovakia 8.9 2010 up 6.2% rising
3 Hungary 7.98 2010 up 0.6% rising
4 Belize 7.97 2010 up 20.6% rising
5 Germany 7.83 2010 up 17.7% rising
6 Slovenia 7.8 2010 up 0.5% rising
7 Switzerland 7.67 2010 up 75.1% rising
8 Croatia 6.98 2010 up 21.8% rising
9 Norway 6.91 2010 down 1.0% flat
10 Poland 6.51 2010 up 17.5% rising
11 New Zealand 6.48 2010 down 0.6% flat
12 Argentina 6.24 2010 up 16.6% rising
13 Estonia 5.96 2010 unchanged rising
14 Trinidad and Tobago 5.93 2010 up 6.3% rising
15 United States 5.89 2010 up 0.2% rising
16 Spain 5.87 2010 up 66.3% rising
16 Netherlands 5.87 2010 up 0.9% flat
18 Japan 5.69 2010 up 3.1% rising
19 Australia 5.64 2010 unchanged rising
19 United Kingdom 5.64 2010 up 6.2% rising
21 Barbados 5.56 2010 down 2.5% rising
22 Romania 5.55 2010 up 3.4% rising
23 Luxembourg 5.54 2010 up 3.4% rising
24 Canada 5.43 2010 up 3.4% rising
25 Sweden 5.42 2010 down 0.2% rising
26 Ireland 5.34 2010 up 15.1% falling
26 Tonga 5.34 2010 up 3.1% rising
28 Iceland 5.33 2010 up 3.1% rising
29 Israel 5.06 2010 down 11.8% rising
30 Belgium 5.03 2010 unchanged flat
31 Fiji 4.97 2010 up 5.3% rising
32 France 4.79 2010 up 5.0% rising
33 Greece 4.65 2010 up 50.0% rising
34 Sri Lanka 4.64 2010 up 15.7% rising
35 Uruguay 4.61 2010 down 7.2% rising
36 Malta 4.58 2010 up 23.1% rising
36 Serbia 4.58 2010 up 3.4% rising
38 Cyprus 4.51 2010 up 57.1% rising
39 Jamaica 4.38 2010 up 6.6% rising
40 Chile 4.23 2010 down 0.5% rising
41 Finland 4 2010 up 14.3% falling
42 Guyana 3.94 2010 up 0.8% flat
43 Vietnam 3.92 2010 up 40.5% rising
44 South Africa 3.86 2010 down 35.9% rising
45 Lithuania 3.78 2010 up 45.9% rising
46 Armenia 3.77 2010 up 0.8% rising
47 Denmark 3.75 2010 up 2.7% falling
47 Latvia 3.75 2010 up 6.8% rising
49 Austria 3.74 2010 up 1.6% flat
50 South Korea 3.68 2010 up 80.4% volatile
51 Bulgaria 3.67 2010 up 21.9% rising
51 El Salvador 3.67 2010 up 125.2% rising
53 Costa Rica 3.66 2010 up 3.4% rising
54 Kazakhstan 3.61 2010 up 15.3% rising
55 Albania 3.59 2010 down 4.8% volatile
57 Tajikistan 3.57 2010 up 1.7% rising
58 Colombia 3.56 2010 up 35.9% rising
59 Ukraine 3.4 2010 up 4.6% rising
60 Russia 3.37 2010 up 2.1% rising
61 Italy 3.25 2010 down 9.0% rising
62 Kyrgyzstan 3.24 2010 up 23.2% rising
62 Paraguay 3.24 2010 down 3.0% rising
64 Macao 3.17 2010 up 37.8% rising
65 Moldova 3.08 2010 up 47.4% rising
66 Lesotho 2.98 2010 unchanged rising
67 Mauritius 2.95 2010 down 39.8% rising
68 Zimbabwe 2.91 2010 down 35.8% rising
69 Cuba 2.85 2010 up 5.6% falling
70 Ecuador 2.81 2010 down 11.6% rising
71 Brazil 2.79 2010 up 26.2% rising
73 Dominican Republic 2.72 2010 down 22.7% rising
73 Peru 2.72 2010 up 5.4% rising
75 Philippines 2.71 2010 down 14.0% rising
76 China 2.65 2010 up 38.0% volatile
77 Mongolia 2.61 2010 up 17.0% volatile
78 Qatar 2.56 2010 up 208.4% volatile
79 Saudi Arabia 2.52 2010 up 6.3% rising
80 Jordan 2.51 2010 up 64.1% volatile
81 Iran 2.47 2010 up 49.7% volatile
82 Botswana 2.38 2010 up 46.9% rising
83 Bangladesh 2.33 2010 down 28.7% volatile
84 Namibia 2.3 2010 up 33.7% rising
85 Brunei 2.27 2010 up 55.5% rising
86 Indonesia 2.24 2010 up 42.7% volatile
86 Turkey 2.24 2010 up 12.6% volatile
88 Venezuela 2.22 2010 up 19.4% rising
89 Zambia 2.21 2010 up 1.4% rising
90 Thailand 2.2 2010 up 64.2% rising
92 United Arab Emirates 1.89 2010 up 58.8% volatile
93 Kuwait 1.85 2010 up 77.9% volatile
94 Nicaragua 1.84 2010 up 7.0% rising
95 Malaysia 1.82 2010 down 66.7% volatile
96 Bolivia 1.8 2010 down 65.5% volatile
96 Uganda 1.8 2010 down 52.5% volatile
98 Portugal 1.78 2010 down 9.2% rising
99 Honduras 1.75 2010 down 0.6% rising
100 Mauritania 1.64 2010 up 8.6% rising
101 Ghana 1.55 2010 up 101.3% volatile
101 Tanzania 1.55 2010 up 0.6% rising
103 Guatemala 1.54 2010 down 3.8% rising
104 Kenya 1.5 2010 up 28.2% rising
105 Egypt 1.47 2010 up 23.5% volatile
107 Bahrain 1.37 2010 up 90.3% volatile
108 Haiti 1.29 2010 up 19.4% rising
109 Syria 1.27 2010 down 3.1% volatile
110 Laos 1.23 2010 up 51.9% rising
111 Cambodia 1.18 2010 up 24.2% volatile
112 India 1.16 2010 up 17.2% rising
113 Cameroon 1.15 2010 up 49.4% rising
114 Pakistan 1.1 2010 up 86.4% volatile
115 Malawi 1.01 2010 up 18.8% rising
116 Libya 0.98 2010 up 88.5% volatile
117 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.93 2010 up 38.8% volatile
118 Eswatini 0.83 2010 down 12.6% rising
119 Myanmar 0.81 2010 up 22.7% rising
120 Congo 0.76 2010 up 85.4% rising
121 Tunisia 0.72 2010 up 46.9% rising
122 Gabon 0.65 2010 up 41.3% rising
123 Liberia 0.63 2010 down 10.0% rising
124 Burundi 0.6 2010 up 140.0% rising
125 Cote d'Ivoire 0.59 2010 up 40.5% rising
126 Gambia 0.58 2010 up 16.0% rising
127 Togo 0.55 2010 unchanged volatile
128 Central African Republic 0.53 2010 up 12.8% rising
128 Iraq 0.53 2010 up 120.8% volatile
130 Algeria 0.5 2010 up 28.2% rising
131 Rwanda 0.49 2010 up 96.0% volatile
131 Sudan 0.49 2010 up 19.5% rising
133 Benin 0.48 2010 up 84.6% rising
134 Niger 0.43 2010 up 4.9% rising
135 Sierra Leone 0.42 2010 up 5.0% rising
136 Nepal 0.4 2010 up 11.1% volatile
137 Maldives 0.34 2010 down 30.6% volatile
138 Mali 0.33 2010 up 175.0% volatile
139 Morocco 0.31 2010 up 40.9% rising
139 Papua New Guinea 0.31 2010 up 29.2% rising
139 Senegal 0.31 2010 down 59.2% falling
142 Afghanistan 0.24 2010 up 71.4% volatile
143 Mozambique 0.21 2010 up 40.0% falling
144 Yemen 0.01 2010 unchanged rising

About this data

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