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

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

Countries reporting
142
Highest
7.22
Bulgaria
Lowest
0.01
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 70-74, total is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 7.22 in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.46, and the mean is 1.84.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 722.

Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 950.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 84.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bulgaria 7.22 2010 up 174.5% volatile
2 Finland 5.91 2010 up 253.9% volatile
3 Tajikistan 5.66 2010 up 55.9% volatile
4 United States 5.55 2010 up 6.3% rising
5 Armenia 5.38 2010 up 40.5% rising
6 Ukraine 5.18 2010 up 89.7% volatile
7 Kazakhstan 5.16 2010 up 71.4% volatile
8 Switzerland 5.11 2010 up 114.7% rising
9 Kyrgyzstan 5.06 2010 up 151.7% volatile
10 Latvia 4.99 2010 up 17.4% volatile
11 Moldova 4.96 2010 up 168.1% volatile
12 Lithuania 4.76 2010 up 100.0% volatile
13 Estonia 4.74 2010 up 39.4% volatile
14 Sweden 4.72 2010 up 36.8% rising
15 Israel 4.67 2010 up 30.4% rising
16 Canada 4.36 2010 up 46.8% rising
17 Norway 4.19 2010 up 103.4% volatile
18 United Kingdom 4.12 2010 up 138.2% rising
18 Russia 4.12 2010 up 54.9% volatile
20 Austria 3.96 2010 up 16.1% rising
21 Netherlands 3.9 2010 up 21.1% volatile
22 Denmark 3.86 2010 up 24.1% volatile
23 Australia 3.75 2010 up 5.0% rising
24 Japan 3.67 2010 up 69.9% volatile
25 France 3.6 2010 up 6.5% volatile
26 Czechia 3.48 2010 up 9.4% volatile
27 Germany 3.44 2010 up 93.3% volatile
28 Luxembourg 3.36 2010 up 47.4% volatile
29 Slovakia 3.35 2010 up 78.2% volatile
30 Belize 3.22 2010 up 145.8% volatile
31 Tonga 3.18 2010 up 82.8% rising
32 Ireland 3.13 2010 up 42.9% volatile
33 Slovenia 3.11 2010 up 24.9% volatile
34 Barbados 3.05 2010 up 18.2% volatile
35 Belgium 3.04 2010 up 40.1% volatile
36 Hungary 2.8 2010 up 57.3% volatile
37 New Zealand 2.79 2010 down 6.7% rising
38 Albania 2.66 2010 up 59.3% volatile
38 Mongolia 2.66 2010 up 107.8% volatile
40 Hong Kong 2.51 2010 up 172.8% volatile
41 Croatia 2.45 2010 up 131.1% volatile
42 Poland 2.37 2010 up 46.3% volatile
43 Italy 2.35 2010 up 51.6% volatile
44 Serbia 2.33 2010 up 375.5% volatile
45 Cyprus 2.3 2010 up 105.4% volatile
46 Chile 2.25 2010 up 7.1% rising
47 Iceland 2.21 2010 up 40.8% volatile
48 Brunei 2.08 2010 up 126.1% volatile
49 Cuba 2.04 2010 up 161.5% volatile
49 Qatar 2.04 2010 up 209.1% volatile
51 Vietnam 2 2010 up 143.9% volatile
52 Malta 1.99 2010 down 21.3% rising
54 Romania 1.95 2010 up 41.3% volatile
55 Peru 1.84 2010 up 19.5% volatile
56 Argentina 1.81 2010 up 81.0% volatile
57 Singapore 1.77 2010 up 98.9% volatile
58 Spain 1.75 2010 up 63.6% volatile
58 Sri Lanka 1.75 2010 down 11.6% volatile
58 Philippines 1.75 2010 down 31.4% rising
61 Bolivia 1.67 2010 up 67.0% volatile
62 Guyana 1.65 2010 up 275.0% volatile
63 Greece 1.64 2010 up 67.3% rising
64 Panama 1.62 2010 up 27.6% rising
65 Kuwait 1.61 2010 up 61.0% volatile
66 South Korea 1.57 2010 up 91.5% volatile
67 Jamaica 1.55 2010 up 33.6% volatile
68 Macao 1.53 2010 up 150.8% volatile
69 Iran 1.51 2010 up 93.6% volatile
70 United Arab Emirates 1.48 2010 up 114.5% volatile
70 Mexico 1.48 2010 up 80.5% volatile
72 Venezuela 1.46 2010 up 105.6% volatile
73 Brazil 1.45 2010 up 154.4% volatile
73 Trinidad and Tobago 1.45 2010 up 85.9% volatile
75 Uruguay 1.44 2010 unchanged rising
76 Colombia 1.32 2010 up 91.3% rising
77 Mauritius 1.3 2010 up 154.9% volatile
78 Ghana 1.26 2010 up 63.6% volatile
79 Saudi Arabia 1.18 2010 up 16.8% rising
80 Malaysia 1.16 2010 up 127.5% volatile
81 Dominican Republic 1.11 2010 up 131.2% rising
82 Costa Rica 1.05 2010 up 50.0% rising
83 Jordan 1.03 2010 up 58.5% volatile
84 Botswana 1.02 2010 up 75.9% volatile
85 Bangladesh 0.95 2010 up 37.7% volatile
86 Syria 0.94 2010 up 203.2% volatile
87 Paraguay 0.93 2010 up 63.2% rising
88 India 0.91 2010 up 51.7% volatile
89 Portugal 0.87 2010 up 11.5% rising
90 El Salvador 0.84 2010 up 180.0% volatile
91 Pakistan 0.81 2010 up 92.9% volatile
92 Bahrain 0.8 2010 up 128.6% volatile
93 China 0.78 2010 up 136.4% volatile
94 Indonesia 0.73 2010 up 217.4% volatile
95 Egypt 0.67 2010 up 63.4% volatile
96 Ecuador 0.64 2010 down 17.9% rising
96 Honduras 0.64 2010 up 137.0% rising
98 Turkey 0.63 2010 up 53.7% rising
99 Namibia 0.61 2010 up 74.3% rising
99 Zimbabwe 0.61 2010 up 74.3% volatile
101 Fiji 0.59 2010 down 33.7% volatile
102 Togo 0.53 2010 up 140.9% volatile
103 Haiti 0.52 2010 up 92.6% rising
104 Gambia 0.51 2010 up 50.0% volatile
105 Morocco 0.5 2010 up 150.0% volatile
106 Myanmar 0.48 2010 up 200.0% rising
106 Nicaragua 0.48 2010 up 54.8% rising
108 Liberia 0.47 2010 up 34.3% rising
108 Tunisia 0.47 2010 up 161.1% volatile
110 Uganda 0.43 2010 up 230.8% volatile
111 Zambia 0.4 2010 up 300.0% volatile
112 Thailand 0.38 2010 up 100.0% volatile
113 Benin 0.37 2010 up 117.6% volatile
114 Libya 0.36 2010 up 200.0% volatile
115 Cambodia 0.35 2010 up 169.2% volatile
116 Gabon 0.31 2010 up 287.5% volatile
117 Guatemala 0.3 2010 down 11.8% rising
118 Cote d'Ivoire 0.29 2010 up 61.1% volatile
119 Senegal 0.27 2010 up 200.0% volatile
120 Eswatini 0.26 2010 up 30.0% rising
121 Cameroon 0.25 2010 up 150.0% volatile
122 Congo 0.24 2010 up 200.0% volatile
122 Laos 0.24 2010 up 140.0% volatile
122 Papua New Guinea 0.24 2010 up 140.0% volatile
125 Iraq 0.23 2010 up 76.9% volatile
125 Nepal 0.23 2010 up 64.3% volatile
127 Mali 0.21 2010 up 950.0% volatile
129 Malawi 0.2 2010 up 122.2% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 0.19 2010 up 26.7% rising
131 Lesotho 0.18 2010 down 18.2% volatile
132 Afghanistan 0.17 2010 up 70.0% volatile
132 Kenya 0.17 2010 up 6.2% rising
134 Algeria 0.15 2010 up 114.3% volatile
134 Sudan 0.15 2010 up 66.7% volatile
136 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.13 2010 up 160.0% volatile
137 Mauritania 0.12 2010 up 100.0% volatile
137 Rwanda 0.12 2010 up 200.0% volatile
139 Burundi 0.11 2010 up 266.7% volatile
140 Tanzania 0.09 2010 up 200.0% volatile
141 Maldives 0.03 2010 down 84.2% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
141 Niger 0.03 2010 up 50.0% rising
144 Yemen 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile

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 70-74, 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, 70-74, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 70-74.