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

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

Countries reporting
143
Highest
7.66
Bulgaria
Lowest
0.01
Rwanda
Median
1.31
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 65-69, female is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 7.66 in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0.01 in Rwanda.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.31, and the mean is 1.69.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 766.

Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 3,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 80.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bulgaria 7.66 2010 up 171.6% volatile
2 Kazakhstan 6.63 2010 up 137.6% volatile
3 Finland 5.88 2010 up 302.7% volatile
4 United States 5.68 2010 up 8.4% rising
5 Armenia 5.22 2010 up 42.2% rising
5 Latvia 5.22 2010 up 22.2% volatile
7 Ukraine 5.06 2010 up 86.0% volatile
8 Sweden 4.86 2010 up 24.0% rising
9 Switzerland 4.85 2010 up 138.9% rising
10 Estonia 4.8 2010 up 41.6% volatile
11 Russia 4.75 2010 up 29.1% volatile
12 Kyrgyzstan 4.71 2010 up 170.7% volatile
13 Lithuania 4.61 2010 up 68.9% volatile
13 Tajikistan 4.61 2010 up 53.7% volatile
15 Republic of Moldova 4.56 2010 up 179.8% volatile
16 Canada 4.48 2010 up 53.4% rising
17 Denmark 4.4 2010 up 35.4% volatile
17 Israel 4.4 2010 up 29.0% rising
19 United Kingdom 4.13 2010 up 126.9% rising
20 Norway 4.1 2010 up 86.4% volatile
21 Austria 3.63 2010 up 56.5% volatile
22 Australia 3.59 2010 up 2.0% rising
23 Japan 3.51 2010 up 58.1% volatile
24 Netherlands 3.4 2010 up 25.9% volatile
25 France 3.28 2010 up 50.5% volatile
26 Czechia 3.27 2010 up 9.7% volatile
27 Ireland 3.26 2010 up 23.0% volatile
28 Germany 3.23 2010 up 118.2% volatile
29 Slovak Republic 3.16 2010 up 84.8% volatile
30 Belize 3.15 2010 up 146.1% volatile
31 Tonga 3.08 2010 up 60.4% rising
32 Mongolia 3.01 2010 up 306.8% volatile
33 Barbados 3 2010 up 17.2% volatile
34 Slovenia 2.88 2010 up 29.7% volatile
35 Luxembourg 2.86 2010 up 58.0% volatile
36 Belgium 2.84 2010 up 23.5% volatile
37 New Zealand 2.8 2010 up 4.1% rising
38 Hungary 2.71 2010 up 73.7% volatile
39 Iceland 2.56 2010 up 80.3% volatile
40 United Arab Emirates 2.24 2010 up 220.0% volatile
41 Poland 2.15 2010 up 20.1% volatile
42 Chile 2.08 2010 up 7.8% rising
43 Croatia 2.03 2010 up 153.8% volatile
44 Albania 1.97 2010 up 116.5% volatile
45 Serbia 1.95 2010 up 509.4% volatile
46 Hong Kong (China) 1.94 2010 up 266.0% volatile
47 Italy 1.93 2010 up 48.5% volatile
48 Jamaica 1.87 2010 up 46.1% volatile
49 South Africa 1.83 2010 up 79.4% rising
50 Singapore 1.77 2010 up 145.8% volatile
51 Cyprus 1.75 2010 up 124.4% volatile
52 Korea 1.67 2010 up 173.8% volatile
52 Philippines 1.67 2010 down 32.1% volatile
54 Cuba 1.66 2010 up 151.5% volatile
54 Panama 1.66 2010 up 25.8% volatile
54 Romania 1.66 2010 up 43.1% volatile
57 Argentina 1.57 2010 up 70.7% rising
58 Sri Lanka 1.53 2010 down 11.6% volatile
59 Guyana 1.52 2010 up 334.3% volatile
60 Uruguay 1.5 2010 up 27.1% rising
61 Viet Nam 1.48 2010 up 174.1% volatile
62 Peru 1.46 2010 down 2.0% volatile
63 Malta 1.43 2010 up 13.5% rising
64 Brazil 1.4 2010 up 97.2% volatile
64 Trinidad and Tobago 1.4 2010 up 84.2% volatile
66 Spain 1.39 2010 up 31.1% volatile
67 Venezuela 1.37 2010 up 149.1% volatile
68 Bolivia 1.36 2010 up 74.4% volatile
69 Gabon 1.35 2010 up 513.6% volatile
70 Greece 1.31 2010 up 37.9% rising
70 Macau (China) 1.31 2010 up 285.3% volatile
70 Mexico 1.31 2010 up 81.9% volatile
73 Colombia 1.25 2010 up 48.8% rising
74 Brunei Darussalam 1.23 2010 up 186.0% volatile
74 Iran 1.23 2010 up 86.4% volatile
76 Dominican Republic 1.13 2010 up 197.4% volatile
77 Costa Rica 1 2010 up 31.6% rising
78 Paraguay 0.95 2010 up 79.2% volatile
79 Qatar 0.88 2010 up 95.6% volatile
80 Mauritius 0.83 2010 up 167.7% rising
81 Kuwait 0.8 2010 up 31.1% volatile
82 Portugal 0.78 2010 up 5.4% volatile
83 Botswana 0.77 2010 up 51.0% volatile
84 El Salvador 0.72 2010 up 80.0% volatile
85 Fiji 0.7 2010 down 9.1% volatile
85 Ghana 0.7 2010 up 105.9% volatile
87 Malaysia 0.69 2010 up 146.4% volatile
88 Honduras 0.62 2010 up 93.8% volatile
89 Bangladesh 0.61 2010 up 134.6% volatile
90 Ecuador 0.59 2010 down 22.4% rising
91 Myanmar 0.57 2010 up 137.5% volatile
92 Libya 0.55 2010 up 223.5% volatile
93 China (People’s Republic of) 0.53 2010 up 307.7% volatile
94 Thailand 0.52 2010 up 333.3% volatile
95 Jordan 0.51 2010 up 70.0% volatile
96 Egypt 0.49 2010 up 113.0% volatile
96 Guatemala 0.49 2010 up 58.1% volatile
98 Nicaragua 0.48 2010 up 84.6% volatile
99 Namibia 0.47 2010 up 62.1% rising
100 Indonesia 0.43 2010 up 186.7% volatile
100 India 0.43 2010 up 59.3% volatile
102 Uganda 0.42 2010 up 600.0% volatile
103 Saudi Arabia 0.37 2010 up 8.8% rising
103 Türkiye 0.37 2010 up 54.2% volatile
105 Zimbabwe 0.35 2010 up 52.2% volatile
106 Mali 0.31 2010 up 3,000.0% volatile
107 Congo 0.3 2010 up 500.0% volatile
107 Pakistan 0.3 2010 up 57.9% volatile
109 Bahrain 0.29 2010 up 141.7% volatile
109 Syrian Arab Republic 0.29 2010 up 222.2% volatile
111 Gambia 0.26 2010 up 18.2% rising
111 Haiti 0.26 2010 up 4.0% rising
113 Iraq 0.25 2010 up 257.1% volatile
114 Eswatini 0.24 2010 down 29.4% volatile
115 Morocco 0.23 2010 up 187.5% volatile
116 Cameroon 0.21 2010 up 250.0% volatile
116 Algeria 0.21 2010 up 320.0% volatile
118 Liberia 0.19 2010 up 26.7% rising
118 Tunisia 0.19 2010 up 216.7% volatile
120 Lesotho 0.15 2010 down 11.8% volatile
121 Benin 0.14 2010 up 100.0% rising
121 Togo 0.14 2010 unchanged volatile
123 Sierra Leone 0.13 2010 up 44.4% rising
124 Cambodia 0.12 2010 up 140.0% volatile
125 Côte d’Ivoire 0.11 2010 up 83.3% volatile
125 Zambia 0.11 2010 unchanged volatile
127 Burundi 0.1 2010 up 400.0% volatile
127 Senegal 0.1 2010 up 100.0% volatile
129 Papua New Guinea 0.09 2010 up 350.0% volatile
130 Nepal 0.08 2010 up 166.7% volatile
130 Sudan 0.08 2010 up 60.0% volatile
132 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 0.07 2010 up 600.0% volatile
133 Malawi 0.06 2010 up 100.0% volatile
134 Central African Republic 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
134 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
136 Afghanistan 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
136 Kenya 0.03 2010 down 62.5% rising
136 Maldives 0.03 2010 down 80.0% volatile
136 Tanzania 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
140 Mozambique 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
140 Mauritania 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
140 Niger 0.02 2010 up 100.0% rising
143 Rwanda 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary 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
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Average years of secondary schooling, 65-69, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 65-69.