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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.37
United States
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
0.18
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 70-74, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.37 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.18, and the mean is 0.274.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 1,125.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 1.37 2010 up 34.3% rising
2 Israel 1.21 2010 up 255.9% volatile
2 Russia 1.21 2010 up 89.1% volatile
4 Ukraine 1.15 2010 up 85.5% volatile
5 Canada 1.1 2010 up 189.5% volatile
6 Australia 0.98 2010 up 145.0% rising
7 Estonia 0.97 2010 up 56.5% volatile
8 Switzerland 0.73 2010 up 92.1% volatile
8 Ireland 0.73 2010 up 135.5% volatile
10 New Zealand 0.72 2010 down 7.7% volatile
11 Finland 0.7 2010 up 112.1% volatile
11 Sweden 0.7 2010 up 59.1% volatile
13 Germany 0.69 2010 up 72.5% volatile
14 Armenia 0.64 2010 up 60.0% rising
15 Norway 0.62 2010 up 93.8% volatile
16 Netherlands 0.6 2010 up 53.8% volatile
17 Belgium 0.59 2010 up 90.3% volatile
17 Luxembourg 0.59 2010 up 181.0% volatile
19 Lithuania 0.57 2010 up 96.6% volatile
20 Mongolia 0.56 2010 up 133.3% volatile
21 Bulgaria 0.54 2010 up 45.9% volatile
22 Bolivia 0.52 2010 up 188.9% volatile
22 Hungary 0.52 2010 up 67.7% volatile
22 Latvia 0.52 2010 up 40.5% volatile
25 Slovenia 0.51 2010 up 82.1% volatile
26 Serbia 0.49 2010 up 1,125.0% volatile
27 Cyprus 0.47 2010 up 123.8% volatile
27 United Kingdom 0.47 2010 up 9.3% volatile
27 Croatia 0.47 2010 up 147.4% volatile
30 Kyrgyzstan 0.45 2010 up 66.7% volatile
31 Austria 0.44 2010 up 214.3% volatile
31 Denmark 0.44 2010 up 51.7% rising
31 Kazakhstan 0.44 2010 up 76.0% volatile
31 Qatar 0.44 2010 up 214.3% volatile
35 Costa Rica 0.41 2010 up 78.3% volatile
35 Moldova 0.41 2010 up 105.0% volatile
35 Peru 0.41 2010 up 24.2% volatile
38 Poland 0.4 2010 up 60.0% volatile
39 United Arab Emirates 0.39 2010 up 200.0% volatile
39 Brunei 0.39 2010 up 105.3% volatile
39 Greece 0.39 2010 up 129.4% volatile
39 Iran 0.39 2010 up 95.0% volatile
39 Panama 0.39 2010 up 39.3% volatile
44 Japan 0.38 2010 up 46.2% volatile
45 Spain 0.37 2010 up 131.2% volatile
45 France 0.37 2010 up 32.1% volatile
45 South Korea 0.37 2010 up 94.7% volatile
48 Slovakia 0.35 2010 down 7.9% volatile
48 Tajikistan 0.35 2010 up 133.3% volatile
50 Philippines 0.34 2010 down 43.3% rising
51 Czechia 0.32 2010 up 18.5% volatile
52 Argentina 0.31 2010 up 72.2% volatile
53 Chile 0.29 2010 down 21.6% volatile
53 Trinidad and Tobago 0.29 2010 up 123.1% volatile
55 Colombia 0.28 2010 up 211.1% volatile
56 Iceland 0.27 2010 up 17.4% volatile
56 Jamaica 0.27 2010 up 42.1% volatile
56 Malta 0.27 2010 up 92.9% volatile
56 Singapore 0.27 2010 up 237.5% volatile
60 Macao 0.26 2010 up 85.7% volatile
60 Mexico 0.26 2010 up 136.4% volatile
60 Saudi Arabia 0.26 2010 up 13.0% volatile
63 Cuba 0.25 2010 up 212.5% volatile
64 Brazil 0.24 2010 up 200.0% volatile
64 Hong Kong 0.24 2010 up 84.6% volatile
64 Kuwait 0.24 2010 up 84.6% volatile
67 Paraguay 0.22 2010 up 69.2% volatile
68 Jordan 0.21 2010 up 75.0% volatile
68 Uruguay 0.21 2010 up 50.0% rising
70 Belize 0.19 2010 up 58.3% volatile
70 Italy 0.19 2010 up 26.7% volatile
72 Bahrain 0.18 2010 up 125.0% volatile
72 Sri Lanka 0.18 2010 up 28.6% volatile
74 Romania 0.17 2010 down 5.6% rising
74 Syria 0.17 2010 up 88.9% volatile
74 Venezuela 0.17 2010 up 54.5% volatile
74 Vietnam 0.17 2010 up 112.5% volatile
78 Fiji 0.16 2010 down 5.9% volatile
79 Honduras 0.14 2010 up 366.7% volatile
79 India 0.14 2010 up 75.0% volatile
79 Nicaragua 0.14 2010 up 75.0% rising
79 Portugal 0.14 2010 up 75.0% volatile
79 Tonga 0.14 2010 up 27.3% rising
79 Turkey 0.14 2010 up 55.6% volatile
79 South Africa 0.14 2010 up 27.3% volatile
86 El Salvador 0.13 2010 up 85.7% volatile
87 Bangladesh 0.12 2010 up 140.0% volatile
87 Botswana 0.12 2010 up 100.0% volatile
87 Malaysia 0.12 2010 up 200.0% volatile
90 Pakistan 0.11 2010 up 83.3% volatile
91 Dominican Republic 0.1 2010 down 16.7% volatile
91 Egypt 0.1 2010 up 25.0% volatile
93 Ecuador 0.08 2010 down 42.9% volatile
93 Indonesia 0.08 2010 up 700.0% volatile
93 Myanmar 0.08 2010 up 300.0% volatile
93 Thailand 0.08 2010 up 166.7% volatile
97 Afghanistan 0.07 2010 up 75.0% volatile
97 Gambia 0.07 2010 up 133.3% volatile
97 Liberia 0.07 2010 up 40.0% rising
97 Namibia 0.07 2010 up 133.3% rising
97 Tunisia 0.07 2010 up 250.0% volatile
97 Zambia 0.07 2010 up 133.3% volatile
103 China 0.06 2010 up 20.0% volatile
103 Iraq 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
103 Laos 0.06 2010 up 200.0% volatile
103 Uganda 0.06 2010 unchanged volatile
107 Central African Republic 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
107 Cote d'Ivoire 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
107 Ghana 0.05 2010 down 50.0% volatile
107 Mauritius 0.05 2010 up 66.7% rising
111 Benin 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
111 Gabon 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
111 Haiti 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
111 Libya 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
111 Nepal 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
111 Senegal 0.04 2010 — volatile
111 Togo 0.04 2010 up 100.0% volatile
111 Zimbabwe 0.04 2010 up 100.0% rising
119 Barbados 0.03 2010 unchanged rising
119 Algeria 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
119 Kenya 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
119 Morocco 0.03 2010 — volatile
119 Mali 0.03 2010 — volatile
124 Congo 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
124 Cambodia 0.02 2010 — volatile
124 Lesotho 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
124 Mauritania 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
124 Sudan 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
124 Sierra Leone 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
124 Tanzania 0.02 2010 — volatile
131 Albania 0.01 2010 down 93.3% volatile
131 Burundi 0.01 2010 — volatile
131 Cameroon 0.01 2010 — volatile
131 Guyana 0.01 2010 down 50.0% rising
131 Mozambique 0.01 2010 — volatile
131 Malawi 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
131 Niger 0.01 2010 — volatile
131 Papua New Guinea 0.01 2010 — volatile
131 Rwanda 0.01 2010 — volatile
140 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 2010 — flat
140 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Maldives 0 2010 — flat
140 Eswatini 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Yemen 0 2010 — flat

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary 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 tertiary schooling, 70-74, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 70-74.