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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
6.16
Bulgaria
Lowest
0.01
Yemen
Median
0.95
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 75+, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 6.16 in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.95, and the mean is 1.4.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 616.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 650.0%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 90.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bulgaria 6.16 2010 up 280.2% volatile
2 United States 5.39 2010 up 3.3% rising
3 Finland 5.11 2010 up 209.7% volatile
4 Switzerland 4.76 2010 up 235.2% rising
5 Latvia 4.32 2010 up 17.1% volatile
6 Estonia 4.23 2010 up 18.2% volatile
7 Kazakhstan 4.11 2010 up 39.8% volatile
8 Armenia 4.08 2010 up 6.5% rising
9 Tajikistan 3.94 2010 up 8.5% volatile
10 Israel 3.85 2010 up 8.8% rising
11 Denmark 3.83 2010 up 39.3% volatile
11 United Kingdom 3.83 2010 up 121.4% rising
13 Norway 3.81 2010 up 136.6% volatile
14 Australia 3.71 2010 up 7.5% rising
15 Canada 3.59 2010 up 20.9% rising
16 Austria 3.51 2010 up 4.5% rising
17 Ukraine 3.49 2010 down 13.0% volatile
18 Czechia 3.48 2010 up 16.8% volatile
19 Netherlands 3.38 2010 up 5.0% volatile
20 Kyrgyzstan 3.37 2010 up 101.8% rising
21 Sweden 3.28 2010 down 4.7% rising
22 Germany 3.1 2010 up 118.3% volatile
23 Luxembourg 2.99 2010 up 57.4% rising
24 Barbados 2.98 2010 down 4.2% volatile
25 Russia 2.87 2010 up 7.9% volatile
26 Hungary 2.8 2010 up 9.8% volatile
27 New Zealand 2.77 2010 down 23.3% rising
28 Slovakia 2.75 2010 up 55.4% volatile
29 Belize 2.72 2010 up 132.5% volatile
30 Moldova 2.66 2010 up 79.7% rising
31 Slovenia 2.62 2010 up 5.2% volatile
32 Japan 2.53 2010 up 44.6% volatile
33 Lithuania 2.48 2010 up 74.6% volatile
34 Tonga 2.41 2010 up 8.1% rising
35 Belgium 2.33 2010 up 20.7% volatile
36 France 2.26 2010 down 28.7% volatile
37 Ireland 2.11 2010 up 19.2% rising
38 Vietnam 2 2010 up 141.0% volatile
39 Albania 1.99 2010 down 49.4% volatile
40 Mongolia 1.83 2010 up 43.0% volatile
41 Argentina 1.81 2010 up 81.0% volatile
42 Sri Lanka 1.75 2010 up 2.3% volatile
43 Croatia 1.74 2010 up 91.2% volatile
44 Chile 1.72 2010 down 18.1% rising
45 South Africa 1.7 2010 down 27.0% rising
46 Iceland 1.69 2010 up 83.7% volatile
47 Kuwait 1.61 2010 up 61.0% volatile
48 Poland 1.59 2010 up 37.1% volatile
49 Macao 1.53 2010 up 150.8% volatile
50 Iran 1.51 2010 up 93.6% volatile
51 Malta 1.41 2010 down 44.0% volatile
52 Philippines 1.37 2010 down 46.3% volatile
53 Italy 1.33 2010 up 7.3% rising
54 Jamaica 1.32 2010 up 37.5% volatile
55 Mauritius 1.3 2010 down 54.7% volatile
56 Zimbabwe 1.29 2010 down 52.7% volatile
57 Romania 1.25 2010 up 13.6% volatile
58 Cyprus 1.2 2010 up 9.1% rising
59 Saudi Arabia 1.18 2010 up 16.8% rising
60 Peru 1.17 2010 down 24.0% volatile
61 Panama 1.16 2010 down 8.7% rising
62 Hong Kong 1.12 2010 up 21.7% rising
63 Bangladesh 1.11 2010 down 40.0% volatile
64 United Arab Emirates 1.09 2010 up 70.3% volatile
65 Brazil 1.07 2010 up 101.9% volatile
66 South Korea 1.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
67 Greece 1.04 2010 up 25.3% volatile
68 Jordan 1.03 2010 up 66.1% volatile
69 Qatar 1.01 2010 up 60.3% rising
70 Trinidad and Tobago 0.99 2010 up 59.7% volatile
71 Singapore 0.96 2010 up 28.0% volatile
71 Venezuela 0.96 2010 up 28.0% volatile
73 Brunei 0.94 2010 up 88.0% volatile
73 Uruguay 0.94 2010 down 34.7% volatile
75 Mexico 0.91 2010 up 11.0% rising
76 Cuba 0.9 2010 up 15.4% rising
76 Spain 0.9 2010 up 28.6% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 0.89 2010 up 85.4% rising
79 Colombia 0.83 2010 up 20.3% rising
80 Ghana 0.82 2010 up 36.7% volatile
81 Costa Rica 0.81 2010 up 44.6% volatile
82 Bahrain 0.8 2010 up 128.6% volatile
83 India 0.79 2010 up 29.5% volatile
84 Pakistan 0.76 2010 up 100.0% volatile
85 Bolivia 0.69 2010 down 81.6% volatile
86 Botswana 0.62 2010 up 93.8% volatile
87 Egypt 0.61 2010 up 45.2% volatile
88 Portugal 0.6 2010 down 6.2% rising
89 Fiji 0.59 2010 down 33.0% volatile
89 Paraguay 0.59 2010 up 3.5% rising
91 Guyana 0.53 2010 up 20.5% rising
91 Serbia 0.53 2010 down 14.5% rising
93 Malaysia 0.48 2010 down 90.6% volatile
94 Haiti 0.45 2010 up 40.6% rising
95 China 0.42 2010 up 27.3% volatile
95 Turkey 0.42 2010 up 5.0% rising
97 Gambia 0.41 2010 up 20.6% volatile
97 El Salvador 0.41 2010 up 51.9% rising
99 Namibia 0.38 2010 up 72.7% falling
99 Thailand 0.38 2010 up 100.0% volatile
101 Nicaragua 0.36 2010 up 9.1% rising
102 Ecuador 0.34 2010 down 56.4% rising
102 Syria 0.34 2010 up 9.7% volatile
104 Guatemala 0.33 2010 up 13.8% rising
105 Uganda 0.31 2010 down 13.9% volatile
106 Indonesia 0.3 2010 up 36.4% volatile
106 Liberia 0.3 2010 down 21.1% rising
108 Togo 0.26 2010 up 18.2% volatile
109 Honduras 0.25 2010 down 10.7% rising
109 Iraq 0.25 2010 up 127.3% volatile
109 Libya 0.25 2010 up 257.1% volatile
112 Cote d'Ivoire 0.23 2010 up 53.3% volatile
113 Morocco 0.22 2010 up 29.4% rising
113 Eswatini 0.22 2010 up 4.8% rising
115 Myanmar 0.21 2010 up 31.2% falling
115 Sierra Leone 0.21 2010 up 23.5% rising
117 Cameroon 0.19 2010 up 137.5% volatile
117 Congo 0.19 2010 up 111.1% volatile
119 Benin 0.18 2010 up 157.1% volatile
120 Kenya 0.17 2010 up 13.3% rising
120 Lesotho 0.17 2010 down 19.0% volatile
120 Nepal 0.17 2010 up 21.4% volatile
120 Tunisia 0.17 2010 down 5.6% rising
124 Mali 0.15 2010 up 650.0% volatile
125 Sudan 0.14 2010 up 55.6% rising
126 Gabon 0.13 2010 up 62.5% volatile
127 Laos 0.12 2010 up 140.0% volatile
127 Zambia 0.12 2010 up 20.0% volatile
129 Afghanistan 0.11 2010 up 83.3% volatile
129 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.11 2010 up 83.3% volatile
129 Algeria 0.11 2010 up 83.3% volatile
129 Cambodia 0.11 2010 down 15.4% volatile
129 Papua New Guinea 0.11 2010 up 120.0% volatile
134 Central African Republic 0.1 2010 up 42.9% volatile
134 Malawi 0.1 2010 up 100.0% volatile
136 Senegal 0.07 2010 down 12.5% volatile
137 Mauritania 0.06 2010 up 100.0% volatile
138 Burundi 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
139 Rwanda 0.04 2010 up 33.3% rising
139 Tanzania 0.04 2010 up 33.3% rising
141 Niger 0.03 2010 up 50.0% rising
142 Maldives 0.02 2010 down 89.5% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
144 Yemen 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile

About this data

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