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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.49
United States
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
0.13
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 65-69, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.49 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.13, and the mean is 0.2242.

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 933.3%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 1.49 2010 up 71.3% rising
2 Russia 1.4 2010 up 53.8% volatile
3 Israel 1.12 2010 up 23.1% volatile
4 Ukraine 1.1 2010 up 89.7% volatile
5 Canada 1.02 2010 up 264.3% volatile
6 Estonia 0.97 2010 up 73.2% volatile
7 Australia 0.96 2010 up 140.0% volatile
8 New Zealand 0.84 2010 up 16.7% volatile
9 Kazakhstan 0.77 2010 up 327.8% volatile
10 Ireland 0.71 2010 up 108.8% volatile
10 Sweden 0.71 2010 up 39.2% volatile
12 Bulgaria 0.63 2010 up 110.0% volatile
13 Finland 0.61 2010 up 144.0% volatile
14 Armenia 0.54 2010 up 63.6% rising
14 Mongolia 0.54 2010 up 575.0% volatile
16 Lithuania 0.53 2010 up 71.0% volatile
17 Latvia 0.51 2010 up 30.8% volatile
17 Norway 0.51 2010 up 82.1% volatile
19 United Arab Emirates 0.48 2010 up 336.4% volatile
19 Belgium 0.48 2010 up 71.4% volatile
21 Bolivia 0.42 2010 up 250.0% volatile
22 Hungary 0.41 2010 up 156.2% volatile
22 Slovenia 0.41 2010 up 173.3% volatile
24 Costa Rica 0.4 2010 up 66.7% volatile
24 United Kingdom 0.4 2010 up 2.6% volatile
26 Denmark 0.39 2010 up 50.0% volatile
27 Netherlands 0.38 2010 up 58.3% volatile
28 Germany 0.37 2010 up 85.0% volatile
28 Kyrgyzstan 0.37 2010 up 94.7% volatile
28 Moldova 0.37 2010 up 117.6% volatile
28 Panama 0.37 2010 up 27.6% volatile
32 Switzerland 0.36 2010 up 111.8% volatile
33 Croatia 0.35 2010 up 250.0% volatile
33 Jamaica 0.35 2010 up 59.1% volatile
35 Poland 0.34 2010 up 61.9% volatile
36 Philippines 0.33 2010 down 45.9% volatile
37 Luxembourg 0.32 2010 up 146.2% volatile
38 Peru 0.31 2010 unchanged volatile
38 Serbia 0.31 2010 up 933.3% volatile
40 Cyprus 0.3 2010 up 172.7% volatile
41 France 0.29 2010 up 70.6% volatile
42 Trinidad and Tobago 0.28 2010 up 180.0% volatile
43 Greece 0.26 2010 up 116.7% volatile
43 Slovak Republic 0.26 2010 down 13.3% volatile
45 Argentina 0.25 2010 up 56.2% volatile
45 Uruguay 0.25 2010 up 31.6% volatile
47 Japan 0.24 2010 up 71.4% volatile
48 Austria 0.23 2010 up 130.0% volatile
48 Spain 0.23 2010 up 109.1% volatile
50 Chile 0.22 2010 down 24.1% volatile
50 Libya 0.22 2010 up 175.0% volatile
50 Malta 0.22 2010 up 69.2% volatile
53 Brazil 0.21 2010 up 110.0% volatile
53 Brunei 0.21 2010 up 162.5% volatile
53 Singapore 0.21 2010 up 200.0% volatile
56 Colombia 0.2 2010 up 150.0% volatile
56 Czechia 0.2 2010 up 17.6% volatile
56 Gabon 0.2 2010 up 566.7% volatile
56 Iceland 0.2 2010 up 81.8% volatile
56 Korea 0.2 2010 up 233.3% volatile
61 Cuba 0.19 2010 up 171.4% volatile
61 Iran 0.19 2010 up 90.0% volatile
63 Macao 0.18 2010 up 157.1% volatile
63 Mexico 0.18 2010 up 200.0% volatile
65 Fiji 0.17 2010 up 41.7% volatile
65 Paraguay 0.17 2010 up 70.0% volatile
65 Qatar 0.17 2010 up 112.5% volatile
68 Hong Kong 0.16 2010 up 128.6% volatile
69 Tajikistan 0.15 2010 up 114.3% rising
70 Dominican Republic 0.13 2010 up 44.4% volatile
70 Italy 0.13 2010 up 18.2% volatile
70 Portugal 0.13 2010 up 116.7% volatile
70 Venezuela 0.13 2010 up 85.7% volatile
74 Sri Lanka 0.12 2010 up 9.1% volatile
74 Nicaragua 0.12 2010 up 140.0% volatile
76 Belize 0.11 2010 up 57.1% volatile
76 Romania 0.11 2010 unchanged volatile
76 Thailand 0.11 2010 up 450.0% volatile
79 Vietnam 0.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
80 Bangladesh 0.09 2010 up 800.0% volatile
80 Honduras 0.09 2010 up 350.0% volatile
80 South Africa 0.09 2010 up 12.5% rising
83 Uganda 0.08 2010 up 166.7% volatile
84 Iraq 0.07 2010 up 250.0% volatile
84 Kuwait 0.07 2010 up 16.7% volatile
84 Tonga 0.07 2010 down 36.4% volatile
87 Botswana 0.06 2010 up 100.0% volatile
87 Egypt 0.06 2010 up 200.0% volatile
87 India 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
87 Saudi Arabia 0.06 2010 unchanged volatile
87 TΓΌrkiye 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
92 Bahrain 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
92 Jordan 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
92 Mali 0.05 2010 β€” volatile
92 Malaysia 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
92 Namibia 0.05 2010 up 150.0% rising
97 Algeria 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
97 Indonesia 0.04 2010 β€” volatile
97 Myanmar 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
97 Pakistan 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
97 El Salvador 0.04 2010 down 50.0% volatile
97 Syria 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
103 Barbados 0.03 2010 up 50.0% rising
103 China (People's Republic of) 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
103 Congo 0.03 2010 β€” volatile
103 Ecuador 0.03 2010 down 75.0% volatile
103 Gambia 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
103 Liberia 0.03 2010 up 50.0% rising
109 Cote d'Ivoire 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
109 Laos 0.02 2010 β€” volatile
109 Tunisia 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
109 Zambia 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
109 Zimbabwe 0.02 2010 up 100.0% rising
114 Afghanistan 0.01 2010 β€” volatile
114 Burundi 0.01 2010 β€” volatile
114 Benin 0.01 2010 β€” volatile
114 Central African Republic 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
114 Cameroon 0.01 2010 β€” volatile
114 Ghana 0.01 2010 down 80.0% volatile
114 Haiti 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
114 Kenya 0.01 2010 unchanged flat
114 Morocco 0.01 2010 β€” volatile
114 Mauritius 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
114 Malawi 0.01 2010 β€” volatile
114 Nepal 0.01 2010 β€” volatile
114 Papua New Guinea 0.01 2010 β€” volatile
114 Sudan 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
128 Albania 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 2010 β€” flat
128 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Guyana 0 2010 β€” volatile
128 Cambodia 0 2010 β€” flat
128 Lesotho 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Maldives 0 2010 β€” flat
128 Mozambique 0 2010 β€” flat
128 Mauritania 0 2010 β€” flat
128 Niger 0 2010 β€” flat
128 Rwanda 0 2010 β€” volatile
128 Senegal 0 2010 β€” flat
128 Sierra Leone 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Eswatini 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Togo 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Tanzania 0 2010 β€” flat
128 Yemen 0 2010 β€” flat

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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 65-69, female
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 65-69, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 65-69.