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

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

Countries reporting
142
Highest
7.8
Bulgaria
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
1.46
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 65-69, total is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 7.8 in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.46, and the mean is 1.93.

Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 600.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 57.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bulgaria 7.8 2010 up 158.3% volatile
2 Kazakhstan 6.71 2010 up 117.9% volatile
3 Finland 5.91 2010 up 264.8% volatile
4 United States 5.68 2010 up 8.8% rising
5 Tajikistan 5.55 2010 up 52.9% volatile
6 Armenia 5.31 2010 up 38.6% rising
7 Latvia 5.21 2010 up 20.3% volatile
8 Ukraine 5.18 2010 up 70.4% volatile
9 Switzerland 5.11 2010 up 85.8% rising
10 Kyrgyzstan 5.06 2010 up 145.6% volatile
11 Moldova 4.96 2010 up 163.8% volatile
12 Denmark 4.84 2010 up 34.1% volatile
13 Russia 4.78 2010 up 26.8% volatile
14 Lithuania 4.76 2010 up 68.8% volatile
15 Sweden 4.72 2010 up 22.6% rising
16 Estonia 4.7 2010 up 38.2% volatile
17 Israel 4.67 2010 up 28.7% rising
18 Austria 4.6 2010 up 36.9% rising
19 Canada 4.52 2010 up 52.2% rising
20 United Kingdom 4.31 2010 up 118.8% volatile
21 Norway 4.19 2010 up 72.4% volatile
22 Netherlands 3.9 2010 up 21.1% volatile
23 Australia 3.77 2010 up 3.3% rising
24 Japan 3.61 2010 up 55.6% volatile
25 France 3.6 2010 up 45.7% volatile
26 Luxembourg 3.5 2010 up 41.7% volatile
27 Czechia 3.48 2010 up 7.1% volatile
28 Germany 3.44 2010 up 67.0% volatile
29 Mongolia 3.4 2010 up 165.6% volatile
30 Slovakia 3.35 2010 up 63.4% volatile
31 Belize 3.22 2010 up 138.5% volatile
32 Tonga 3.18 2010 up 55.1% rising
33 United Arab Emirates 3.14 2010 up 151.2% volatile
34 Ireland 3.13 2010 up 22.7% volatile
35 Slovenia 3.11 2010 up 24.9% volatile
36 Belgium 3.04 2010 up 24.1% volatile
37 Barbados 2.98 2010 up 15.5% volatile
38 Hungary 2.8 2010 up 57.3% volatile
39 New Zealand 2.72 2010 down 6.5% rising
40 Albania 2.66 2010 up 59.3% volatile
41 Hong Kong 2.51 2010 up 172.8% volatile
42 South Korea 2.48 2010 up 90.8% volatile
43 Iceland 2.47 2010 up 69.2% volatile
44 Croatia 2.45 2010 up 104.2% volatile
45 Poland 2.37 2010 up 18.5% volatile
46 Italy 2.35 2010 up 51.6% volatile
47 Serbia 2.33 2010 up 339.6% volatile
48 Cyprus 2.3 2010 up 100.0% volatile
49 Singapore 2.26 2010 up 96.5% volatile
50 Chile 2.25 2010 up 7.1% rising
51 Qatar 2.04 2010 up 102.0% volatile
52 Vietnam 2 2010 up 146.9% volatile
53 Malta 1.99 2010 up 15.7% rising
55 Brunei 1.96 2010 up 130.6% volatile
56 Cuba 1.95 2010 up 150.0% volatile
56 Romania 1.95 2010 up 33.6% volatile
58 Peru 1.84 2010 up 1.1% volatile
59 Jamaica 1.8 2010 up 40.6% volatile
60 Spain 1.75 2010 up 32.6% volatile
60 Sri Lanka 1.75 2010 down 11.6% volatile
60 Philippines 1.75 2010 down 31.4% rising
63 Argentina 1.71 2010 up 71.0% rising
64 Bolivia 1.67 2010 up 67.0% volatile
65 Greece 1.64 2010 up 27.1% rising
66 Panama 1.62 2010 up 27.6% rising
67 Kuwait 1.61 2010 up 14.2% volatile
68 Guyana 1.54 2010 up 250.0% volatile
69 Macao 1.53 2010 up 150.8% volatile
70 Iran 1.51 2010 up 79.8% volatile
71 Mexico 1.48 2010 up 80.5% volatile
72 Venezuela 1.46 2010 up 117.9% volatile
73 Brazil 1.45 2010 up 83.5% volatile
73 Trinidad and Tobago 1.45 2010 up 70.6% volatile
75 Uruguay 1.44 2010 up 19.0% rising
76 Colombia 1.32 2010 up 46.7% rising
77 Mauritius 1.3 2010 up 154.9% volatile
78 Ghana 1.26 2010 up 63.6% volatile
79 India 1.2 2010 up 62.2% volatile
80 Malaysia 1.16 2010 up 127.5% volatile
81 Dominican Republic 1.11 2010 up 131.2% rising
82 Saudi Arabia 1.09 2010 up 7.9% rising
83 Costa Rica 1.05 2010 up 29.6% rising
84 Jordan 1.03 2010 up 56.1% volatile
85 Egypt 0.97 2010 up 61.7% volatile
86 Botswana 0.95 2010 up 55.7% volatile
87 Syria 0.94 2010 up 203.2% volatile
88 Paraguay 0.93 2010 up 63.2% rising
89 Bangladesh 0.88 2010 up 27.5% volatile
90 Portugal 0.87 2010 down 4.4% volatile
91 Fiji 0.85 2010 down 7.6% volatile
91 Libya 0.85 2010 up 165.6% volatile
93 El Salvador 0.84 2010 up 78.7% volatile
94 Gabon 0.82 2010 up 446.7% volatile
95 Pakistan 0.81 2010 up 44.6% volatile
96 Bahrain 0.8 2010 up 128.6% volatile
97 China 0.78 2010 up 136.4% volatile
98 Congo 0.77 2010 up 250.0% volatile
99 Indonesia 0.73 2010 up 204.2% volatile
99 Thailand 0.73 2010 up 247.6% volatile
101 Ecuador 0.64 2010 down 17.9% rising
101 Honduras 0.64 2010 up 88.2% volatile
103 Turkey 0.63 2010 up 57.5% rising
104 Liberia 0.62 2010 up 87.9% rising
105 Nicaragua 0.57 2010 up 42.5% rising
106 Namibia 0.56 2010 up 60.0% rising
106 Zimbabwe 0.56 2010 up 60.0% volatile
108 Cameroon 0.55 2010 up 150.0% volatile
109 Togo 0.53 2010 up 71.0% volatile
110 Algeria 0.52 2010 up 333.3% volatile
110 Haiti 0.52 2010 up 10.6% rising
112 Iraq 0.48 2010 up 128.6% volatile
113 Tunisia 0.47 2010 up 95.8% volatile
114 Gambia 0.46 2010 up 35.3% volatile
114 Morocco 0.46 2010 up 155.6% volatile
116 Myanmar 0.44 2010 up 144.4% rising
117 Uganda 0.43 2010 up 230.8% volatile
118 Zambia 0.37 2010 up 311.1% volatile
119 Cote d'Ivoire 0.35 2010 up 59.1% volatile
119 Cambodia 0.35 2010 up 133.3% volatile
119 Nepal 0.35 2010 up 150.0% volatile
122 Benin 0.34 2010 up 100.0% volatile
123 Guatemala 0.3 2010 down 11.8% rising
124 Laos 0.28 2010 up 115.4% volatile
124 Eswatini 0.28 2010 down 9.7% rising
126 Senegal 0.27 2010 up 107.7% volatile
127 Sierra Leone 0.25 2010 up 47.1% rising
128 Sudan 0.24 2010 up 71.4% volatile
129 Papua New Guinea 0.22 2010 up 175.0% volatile
130 Mali 0.21 2010 up 600.0% volatile
131 Malawi 0.19 2010 up 111.1% volatile
133 Lesotho 0.18 2010 down 18.2% volatile
134 Kenya 0.17 2010 down 15.0% rising
135 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.16 2010 up 77.8% volatile
136 Afghanistan 0.15 2010 up 66.7% volatile
137 Mauritania 0.11 2010 up 120.0% volatile
137 Rwanda 0.11 2010 up 266.7% volatile
139 Burundi 0.1 2010 up 100.0% volatile
140 Tanzania 0.09 2010 up 200.0% volatile
141 Maldives 0.08 2010 down 57.9% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
142 Niger 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
144 Yemen 0 2010 — flat

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 secondary schooling, age 65-69, 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 secondary schooling, 65-69, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 65-69.