Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 65-69, total by country
Average years of tertiary schooling, 65-69, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 65-69.
Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.65
United States
Lowest
0
Yemen, Rep.
Median
0.19
Years covered
51
1960β2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 65-69, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.65 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Yemen, Rep..
The median across all reporting countries is 0.19, and the mean is 0.2922.
Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 1,533.3%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 65-69, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 1.65 | 2010 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 1.47 | 2010 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Israel | 1.21 | 2010 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1.15 | 2010 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Canada | 1.1 | 2010 | up 189.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Australia | 0.99 | 2010 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 7 | Estonia | 0.97 | 2010 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 0.88 | 2010 | up 183.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 0.8 | 2010 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Mongolia | 0.79 | 2010 | up 229.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Ireland | 0.74 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Switzerland | 0.73 | 2010 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 13 | New Zealand | 0.72 | 2010 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Sweden | 0.71 | 2010 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Germany | 0.69 | 2010 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Finland | 0.69 | 2010 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Armenia | 0.64 | 2010 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 0.63 | 2010 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Norway | 0.62 | 2010 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Netherlands | 0.6 | 2010 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Belgium | 0.59 | 2010 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 0.59 | 2010 | up 156.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Denmark | 0.58 | 2010 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 0.57 | 2010 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Hungary | 0.52 | 2010 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Latvia | 0.51 | 2010 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Slovenia | 0.51 | 2010 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Bolivia | 0.49 | 2010 | up 172.2% | volatile |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 0.49 | 2010 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Serbia | 0.49 | 2010 | up 1,533.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Cyprus | 0.47 | 2010 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Croatia | 0.47 | 2010 | up 147.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.45 | 2010 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Austria | 0.44 | 2010 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Qatar | 0.44 | 2010 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Korea, Rep. | 0.43 | 2010 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 0.41 | 2010 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Moldova | 0.41 | 2010 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Peru | 0.41 | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 40 | Poland | 0.4 | 2010 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Greece | 0.39 | 2010 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 0.39 | 2010 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Panama | 0.39 | 2010 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.37 | 2010 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Spain | 0.37 | 2010 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 44 | France | 0.37 | 2010 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Japan | 0.37 | 2010 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Philippines | 0.34 | 2010 | down 43.3% | rising |
| 48 | Singapore | 0.34 | 2010 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Slovak Republic | 0.34 | 2010 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Tajikistan | 0.34 | 2010 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Czechia | 0.32 | 2010 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Jamaica | 0.32 | 2010 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Argentina | 0.29 | 2010 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 54 | Chile | 0.29 | 2010 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.29 | 2010 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Colombia | 0.28 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Iceland | 0.28 | 2010 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Malta | 0.27 | 2010 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Macao | 0.26 | 2010 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Mexico | 0.26 | 2010 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Brazil | 0.24 | 2010 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Cuba | 0.24 | 2010 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Hong Kong | 0.24 | 2010 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Kuwait | 0.24 | 2010 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 0.24 | 2010 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Fiji | 0.22 | 2010 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Jordan | 0.21 | 2010 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Uruguay | 0.21 | 2010 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | India | 0.2 | 2010 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Paraguay | 0.2 | 2010 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Belize | 0.19 | 2010 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Italy | 0.19 | 2010 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 0.19 | 2010 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 75 | Bahrain | 0.18 | 2010 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 0.18 | 2010 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 0.17 | 2010 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Romania | 0.17 | 2010 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 77 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.17 | 2010 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Venezuela, RB | 0.17 | 2010 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Viet Nam | 0.17 | 2010 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Portugal | 0.15 | 2010 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Thailand | 0.15 | 2010 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Honduras | 0.14 | 2010 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Tonga | 0.14 | 2010 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 84 | Turkiye | 0.14 | 2010 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 84 | South Africa | 0.14 | 2010 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Algeria | 0.13 | 2010 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 88 | El Salvador | 0.13 | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 90 | Gabon | 0.12 | 2010 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Iraq | 0.12 | 2010 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Libya | 0.12 | 2010 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Malaysia | 0.12 | 2010 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Bangladesh | 0.11 | 2010 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Botswana | 0.11 | 2010 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Pakistan | 0.11 | 2010 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 0.1 | 2010 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Liberia | 0.1 | 2010 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 99 | Ecuador | 0.08 | 2010 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Indonesia | 0.08 | 2010 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Myanmar | 0.08 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Congo, Rep. | 0.07 | 2010 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Lao PDR | 0.07 | 2010 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Namibia | 0.07 | 2010 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 102 | Nepal | 0.07 | 2010 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Tunisia | 0.07 | 2010 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Afghanistan | 0.06 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | China | 0.06 | 2010 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Gambia, The | 0.06 | 2010 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Uganda | 0.06 | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Zambia | 0.06 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.05 | 2010 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Ghana | 0.05 | 2010 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Mauritius | 0.05 | 2010 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 115 | Benin | 0.04 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Central African Republic | 0.04 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Haiti | 0.04 | 2010 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Senegal | 0.04 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Togo | 0.04 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Barbados | 0.03 | 2010 | unchanged | rising |
| 120 | Kenya | 0.03 | 2010 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Mali | 0.03 | 2010 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Sudan | 0.03 | 2010 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | 0.03 | 2010 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 125 | Cameroon | 0.02 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Cambodia | 0.02 | 2010 | β | volatile |
| 125 | Lesotho | 0.02 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Morocco | 0.02 | 2010 | β | volatile |
| 125 | Mauritania | 0.02 | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Albania | 0.01 | 2010 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Burundi | 0.01 | 2010 | β | volatile |
| 130 | Guyana | 0.01 | 2010 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 130 | Maldives | 0.01 | 2010 | β | volatile |
| 130 | Mozambique | 0.01 | 2010 | β | volatile |
| 130 | Malawi | 0.01 | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Niger | 0.01 | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Papua New Guinea | 0.01 | 2010 | β | volatile |
| 130 | Rwanda | 0.01 | 2010 | β | volatile |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 0.01 | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Tanzania | 0.01 | 2010 | β | volatile |
| 141 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 0 | 2010 | β | flat |
| 141 | Guatemala | 0 | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Eswatini | 0 | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Yemen, Rep. | 0 | 2010 | β | flat |
About this data
Average years of tertiary schooling, 65-69, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 65-69.