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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 70-74, female by country

Average years of secondary schooling, 70-74, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 70-74.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
7
Bulgaria
Lowest
0.01
Yemen
Median
1.18
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 70-74, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 7 in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.18, and the mean is 1.6.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 700.

Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 3,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 87.5%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 70-74, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bulgaria 7 2010 up 218.2% volatile
2 Finland 5.88 2010 up 292.0% volatile
3 United States of America 5.56 2010 up 6.1% rising
4 Armenia 5.28 2010 up 43.9% rising
5 Ukraine 5.05 2010 up 110.4% volatile
6 Latvia 4.99 2010 up 20.0% volatile
7 Kazakhstan 4.96 2010 up 93.0% volatile
8 Sweden 4.86 2010 up 42.5% rising
9 Switzerland 4.85 2010 up 187.0% rising
10 Estonia 4.83 2010 up 42.5% volatile
11 Tajikistan 4.74 2010 up 58.0% volatile
12 Kyrgyzstan 4.71 2010 up 173.8% volatile
13 Lithuania 4.61 2010 up 106.7% volatile
14 Moldova 4.56 2010 up 179.8% volatile
15 Israel 4.4 2010 up 18.9% rising
16 Canada 4.33 2010 up 48.3% rising
17 Norway 4.1 2010 up 119.3% volatile
18 Russia 4.06 2010 up 61.1% volatile
19 United Kingdom 3.93 2010 up 148.7% rising
20 Japan 3.57 2010 up 75.0% volatile
21 Australia 3.56 2010 up 3.5% rising
22 Denmark 3.5 2010 up 21.1% volatile
23 Netherlands 3.4 2010 up 25.9% volatile
24 France 3.28 2010 up 3.5% volatile
25 Czechia 3.27 2010 up 11.6% volatile
26 Ireland 3.26 2010 up 38.1% rising
27 Germany 3.23 2010 up 154.3% volatile
28 Slovak Republic 3.16 2010 up 101.3% volatile
29 Belize 3.15 2010 up 154.0% volatile
30 Tonga 3.08 2010 up 106.7% rising
31 Barbados 3.07 2010 up 19.9% volatile
32 Slovenia 2.88 2010 up 29.7% volatile
33 New Zealand 2.87 2010 up 3.2% rising
34 Belgium 2.84 2010 up 44.2% volatile
35 Austria 2.82 2010 up 16.0% volatile
36 Hungary 2.71 2010 up 73.7% volatile
37 Luxembourg 2.63 2010 up 65.4% volatile
38 Iceland 2.25 2010 up 47.1% volatile
39 Mongolia 2.16 2010 up 191.9% volatile
40 Poland 2.15 2010 up 61.7% volatile
41 Chile 2.08 2010 up 7.8% rising
42 Croatia 2.03 2010 up 181.9% volatile
43 Albania 1.97 2010 up 116.5% volatile
44 Serbia 1.95 2010 up 509.4% volatile
45 Hong Kong (China) 1.94 2010 up 266.0% volatile
46 Italy 1.93 2010 up 48.5% volatile
47 South Africa 1.83 2010 up 79.4% rising
48 Cuba 1.75 2010 up 165.2% volatile
48 Cyprus 1.75 2010 up 133.3% volatile
50 Argentina 1.67 2010 up 81.5% rising
50 Philippines 1.67 2010 down 32.1% volatile
52 Panama 1.66 2010 up 25.8% volatile
52 Romania 1.66 2010 up 44.3% volatile
54 Guyana 1.64 2010 up 368.6% volatile
55 Jamaica 1.59 2010 up 37.1% volatile
56 Sri Lanka 1.53 2010 down 11.6% volatile
57 Uruguay 1.5 2010 down 8.0% volatile
58 Viet Nam 1.48 2010 up 174.1% volatile
59 Peru 1.46 2010 up 15.0% volatile
60 Malta 1.43 2010 down 37.0% rising
61 Brazil 1.4 2010 up 159.3% volatile
61 Trinidad and Tobago 1.4 2010 up 100.0% volatile
63 Spain 1.39 2010 up 59.8% volatile
64 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.37 2010 up 140.4% volatile
65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.36 2010 up 74.4% volatile
66 Brunei Darussalam 1.33 2010 up 183.0% volatile
67 Greece 1.31 2010 up 77.0% rising
67 Macau (China) 1.31 2010 up 285.3% volatile
67 Mexico 1.31 2010 up 81.9% volatile
70 Colombia 1.25 2010 up 104.9% rising
71 Iran 1.23 2010 up 95.2% volatile
71 Singapore 1.23 2010 up 136.5% volatile
73 Dominican Republic 1.13 2010 up 197.4% volatile
74 Costa Rica 1 2010 up 51.5% rising
75 Paraguay 0.95 2010 up 79.2% volatile
76 Korea 0.88 2010 up 137.8% volatile
76 Qatar 0.88 2010 up 83.3% volatile
78 Botswana 0.83 2010 up 59.6% volatile
78 Mauritius 0.83 2010 up 167.7% volatile
80 United Arab Emirates 0.81 2010 up 113.2% volatile
81 Kuwait 0.8 2010 up 95.1% volatile
82 Portugal 0.78 2010 up 23.8% volatile
83 El Salvador 0.72 2010 up 213.0% volatile
84 Ghana 0.7 2010 up 105.9% volatile
85 Malaysia 0.69 2010 up 146.4% volatile
86 Bangladesh 0.66 2010 up 153.8% volatile
87 Honduras 0.62 2010 up 129.6% volatile
88 Ecuador 0.59 2010 down 22.4% rising
89 Gabon 0.57 2010 up 338.5% volatile
90 China (People’s Republic of) 0.53 2010 up 307.7% volatile
91 Namibia 0.52 2010 up 79.3% rising
92 Jordan 0.51 2010 up 75.9% volatile
93 Guatemala 0.49 2010 up 58.1% volatile
94 Fiji 0.46 2010 down 41.0% volatile
95 Indonesia 0.43 2010 up 186.7% volatile
96 Uganda 0.42 2010 up 600.0% volatile
97 Nicaragua 0.4 2010 up 100.0% volatile
97 Saudi Arabia 0.4 2010 up 17.6% rising
99 Zimbabwe 0.38 2010 up 65.2% volatile
100 Türkiye 0.37 2010 up 48.0% volatile
101 India 0.35 2010 up 66.7% volatile
102 Mali 0.31 2010 up 3,000.0% volatile
103 Pakistan 0.3 2010 up 114.3% volatile
104 Bahrain 0.29 2010 up 141.7% volatile
104 Gambia 0.29 2010 up 38.1% rising
104 Syrian Arab Republic 0.29 2010 up 222.2% volatile
107 Haiti 0.28 2010 up 3.7% rising
108 Morocco 0.26 2010 up 188.9% volatile
108 Myanmar 0.26 2010 up 52.9% rising
110 Egypt 0.25 2010 up 108.3% volatile
110 Eswatini 0.25 2010 up 13.6% volatile
110 Thailand 0.25 2010 up 127.3% volatile
113 Libya 0.19 2010 up 280.0% volatile
113 Tunisia 0.19 2010 up 280.0% volatile
115 Liberia 0.17 2010 up 6.2% rising
116 Benin 0.16 2010 up 128.6% rising
117 Lesotho 0.15 2010 down 6.2% volatile
118 Togo 0.14 2010 up 40.0% volatile
119 Cambodia 0.12 2010 up 200.0% volatile
119 Zambia 0.12 2010 unchanged volatile
121 Burundi 0.11 2010 up 1,000.0% volatile
122 Senegal 0.1 2010 up 400.0% volatile
122 Sierra Leone 0.1 2010 down 9.1% rising
124 Côte d'Ivoire 0.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
124 Iraq 0.08 2010 up 60.0% volatile
124 Papua New Guinea 0.08 2010 up 300.0% volatile
127 Algeria 0.07 2010 up 133.3% volatile
128 Cameroon 0.06 2010 up 100.0% volatile
128 Congo 0.06 2010 up 100.0% rising
128 Malawi 0.06 2010 up 100.0% volatile
128 Nepal 0.06 2010 up 100.0% volatile
132 Central African Republic 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
132 Sudan 0.05 2010 up 66.7% rising
134 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
135 Afghanistan 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
135 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
135 Kenya 0.03 2010 down 50.0% rising
135 Mauritania 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
135 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
140 Maldives 0.02 2010 down 87.5% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
141 Niger 0.01 2010 unchanged flat
141 Rwanda 0.01 2010 down 50.0% volatile
141 Yemen 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 70-74, 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, 70-74, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 70-74.