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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.2
United States
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
0.115
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 70-74, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.2 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.115, and the mean is 0.206.

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 900.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 1.2 2010 up 37.9% rising
2 Israel 1.12 2010 up 220.0% volatile
3 Ukraine 1.11 2010 up 113.5% volatile
4 Russia 1.1 2010 up 100.0% volatile
5 Canada 1.02 2010 up 264.3% volatile
6 Estonia 0.97 2010 up 73.2% volatile
7 Australia 0.95 2010 up 187.9% volatile
8 New Zealand 0.84 2010 up 25.4% volatile
9 Ireland 0.71 2010 up 163.0% volatile
9 Sweden 0.71 2010 up 82.1% volatile
11 Finland 0.62 2010 up 158.3% volatile
12 Armenia 0.55 2010 up 66.7% rising
13 Lithuania 0.53 2010 up 130.4% volatile
14 Norway 0.51 2010 up 131.8% volatile
15 Bulgaria 0.49 2010 up 104.2% volatile
16 Latvia 0.48 2010 up 50.0% volatile
17 Belgium 0.47 2010 up 135.0% volatile
18 Bolivia 0.45 2010 up 275.0% volatile
19 Hungary 0.41 2010 up 156.2% volatile
19 Slovenia 0.41 2010 up 173.3% volatile
21 Costa Rica 0.4 2010 up 100.0% volatile
22 United Kingdom 0.38 2010 up 5.6% volatile
22 Netherlands 0.38 2010 up 58.3% volatile
24 Germany 0.37 2010 up 131.2% volatile
24 Kyrgyzstan 0.37 2010 up 94.7% volatile
24 Moldova 0.37 2010 up 131.2% volatile
24 Panama 0.37 2010 up 27.6% volatile
28 Switzerland 0.36 2010 up 157.1% volatile
29 Denmark 0.35 2010 up 59.1% rising
29 Croatia 0.35 2010 up 250.0% volatile
31 Poland 0.34 2010 up 126.7% volatile
32 Philippines 0.33 2010 down 45.9% rising
33 Luxembourg 0.32 2010 up 190.9% volatile
34 Mongolia 0.31 2010 up 287.5% volatile
34 Serbia 0.31 2010 up 416.7% volatile
36 Cyprus 0.3 2010 up 172.7% volatile
36 Peru 0.3 2010 up 25.0% volatile
38 France 0.29 2010 up 11.5% volatile
39 Jamaica 0.28 2010 up 40.0% volatile
39 Trinidad and Tobago 0.28 2010 up 211.1% volatile
41 Kazakhstan 0.27 2010 up 50.0% volatile
42 Argentina 0.26 2010 up 62.5% volatile
42 Greece 0.26 2010 up 188.9% volatile
42 Slovak Republic 0.26 2010 down 13.3% volatile
45 Japan 0.24 2010 up 84.6% volatile
45 Uruguay 0.24 2010 up 9.1% volatile
47 Austria 0.23 2010 up 130.0% volatile
47 Brunei 0.23 2010 up 155.6% volatile
47 Spain 0.23 2010 up 155.6% volatile
50 Chile 0.22 2010 down 24.1% volatile
50 Malta 0.22 2010 up 120.0% volatile
52 Brazil 0.21 2010 up 250.0% volatile
52 Colombia 0.21 2010 up 425.0% volatile
54 Cuba 0.2 2010 up 185.7% volatile
54 Czechia 0.2 2010 up 66.7% volatile
54 Iran 0.2 2010 up 100.0% volatile
57 Macau (China) 0.18 2010 up 157.1% volatile
57 Mexico 0.18 2010 up 200.0% volatile
57 Paraguay 0.18 2010 up 80.0% volatile
60 Iceland 0.17 2010 up 41.7% volatile
60 Qatar 0.17 2010 up 240.0% volatile
62 Hong Kong (China) 0.16 2010 up 128.6% volatile
62 Tajikistan 0.16 2010 up 128.6% rising
64 Singapore 0.14 2010 up 250.0% volatile
65 United Arab Emirates 0.13 2010 up 160.0% volatile
65 Dominican Republic 0.13 2010 up 44.4% volatile
65 Italy 0.13 2010 up 18.2% volatile
65 Portugal 0.13 2010 up 160.0% volatile
65 Venezuela 0.13 2010 up 62.5% volatile
70 Fiji 0.12 2010 down 7.7% volatile
70 Korea 0.12 2010 up 200.0% volatile
70 Sri Lanka 0.12 2010 up 9.1% volatile
73 Belize 0.11 2010 up 57.1% volatile
73 Romania 0.11 2010 up 10.0% volatile
75 Bangladesh 0.1 2010 up 900.0% volatile
75 Viet Nam 0.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
77 Honduras 0.09 2010 up 350.0% volatile
77 Nicaragua 0.09 2010 up 200.0% volatile
77 South Africa 0.09 2010 up 12.5% rising
80 Gabon 0.08 2010 up 300.0% volatile
80 Libya 0.08 2010 up 300.0% volatile
80 Uganda 0.08 2010 up 166.7% volatile
83 Botswana 0.07 2010 up 133.3% volatile
83 Kuwait 0.07 2010 up 133.3% volatile
83 Saudi Arabia 0.07 2010 up 16.7% volatile
83 Tonga 0.07 2010 up 40.0% volatile
87 Namibia 0.06 2010 up 200.0% rising
87 Türkiye 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
89 Bahrain 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
89 India 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
89 Jordan 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
89 Mali 0.05 2010 — volatile
89 Malaysia 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
89 Thailand 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
95 Gambia 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
95 Indonesia 0.04 2010 — volatile
95 Pakistan 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
95 El Salvador 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
95 Syria 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
100 Barbados 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
100 China (People’s Republic of) 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
100 Ecuador 0.03 2010 down 75.0% volatile
100 Iraq 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
100 Zambia 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
105 Egypt 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
105 Liberia 0.02 2010 unchanged falling
105 Tunisia 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
105 Zimbabwe 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
109 Afghanistan 0.01 2010 — volatile
109 Burundi 0.01 2010 — volatile
109 Benin 0.01 2010 — volatile
109 Central African Republic 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
109 Côte d’Ivoire 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
109 Algeria 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
109 Ghana 0.01 2010 down 80.0% volatile
109 Haiti 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
109 Kenya 0.01 2010 unchanged flat
109 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 0.01 2010 — volatile
109 Morocco 0.01 2010 — volatile
109 Myanmar 0.01 2010 — volatile
109 Mauritius 0.01 2010 — volatile
109 Malawi 0.01 2010 — volatile
109 Nepal 0.01 2010 — volatile
109 Sudan 0.01 2010 — volatile
109 Sierra Leone 0.01 2010 — volatile
126 Albania 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
126 Cameroon 0 2010 — flat
126 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 2010 — flat
126 Congo 0 2010 — flat
126 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
126 Guyana 0 2010 — volatile
126 Cambodia 0 2010 — flat
126 Lesotho 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
126 Maldives 0 2010 — flat
126 Mozambique 0 2010 — flat
126 Mauritania 0 2010 — flat
126 Niger 0 2010 — flat
126 Papua New Guinea 0 2010 — flat
126 Rwanda 0 2010 — volatile
126 Senegal 0 2010 — flat
126 Eswatini 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
126 Togo 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
126 Tanzania 0 2010 — flat
126 Yemen 0 2010 — flat

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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 70-74, female
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 70-74, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 70-74.