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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, female by country

Average years of tertiary schooling, 75+, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females over age 75.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
1.03
United States
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
0.06
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.03 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.06, and the mean is 0.1303.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 1.03 2010 up 18.4% rising
2 Estonia 0.97 2010 up 246.4% volatile
3 Australia 0.94 2010 up 291.7% volatile
4 Israel 0.8 2010 up 142.4% volatile
5 Russia 0.7 2010 up 27.3% volatile
6 Canada 0.61 2010 up 117.9% rising
7 New Zealand 0.58 2010 up 7.4% volatile
7 Ukraine 0.58 2010 up 18.4% volatile
9 United Kingdom 0.45 2010 up 25.0% volatile
10 Hungary 0.41 2010 up 215.4% volatile
11 Ireland 0.39 2010 up 85.7% volatile
12 Armenia 0.35 2010 up 6.1% rising
12 Sweden 0.35 2010 down 10.3% volatile
14 Denmark 0.34 2010 up 70.0% rising
15 Luxembourg 0.32 2010 up 300.0% volatile
16 Costa Rica 0.31 2010 up 93.8% volatile
16 Latvia 0.31 2010 up 47.6% rising
18 Bulgaria 0.3 2010 up 114.3% volatile
18 Philippines 0.3 2010 down 50.8% volatile
20 Lithuania 0.29 2010 up 222.2% volatile
21 Argentina 0.28 2010 up 64.7% volatile
22 Finland 0.27 2010 up 12.5% volatile
23 Belgium 0.24 2010 up 33.3% volatile
23 Netherlands 0.24 2010 unchanged volatile
25 Panama 0.23 2010 down 20.7% volatile
26 Moldova 0.22 2010 up 69.2% rising
26 Norway 0.22 2010 up 57.1% volatile
28 Czechia 0.21 2010 up 162.5% volatile
29 Germany 0.2 2010 up 66.7% rising
29 Iran 0.2 2010 up 100.0% volatile
29 Jamaica 0.2 2010 up 66.7% volatile
32 Switzerland 0.19 2010 up 90.0% rising
32 Kyrgyzstan 0.19 2010 up 18.8% rising
32 Poland 0.19 2010 up 111.1% volatile
35 Macao 0.18 2010 up 157.1% volatile
35 Trinidad and Tobago 0.18 2010 up 157.1% volatile
35 Uruguay 0.18 2010 down 18.2% volatile
38 Chile 0.17 2010 down 41.4% volatile
38 Slovenia 0.17 2010 up 13.3% volatile
40 Croatia 0.16 2010 up 100.0% volatile
40 Mongolia 0.16 2010 up 100.0% volatile
42 France 0.15 2010 down 31.8% volatile
43 Austria 0.14 2010 up 55.6% volatile
44 Brazil 0.13 2010 up 160.0% volatile
44 Iceland 0.13 2010 up 85.7% volatile
44 Peru 0.13 2010 down 45.8% volatile
47 Fiji 0.12 2010 down 33.3% volatile
47 Greece 0.12 2010 up 71.4% volatile
47 Sri Lanka 0.12 2010 up 50.0% volatile
50 Spain 0.11 2010 up 57.1% volatile
50 Japan 0.11 2010 up 10.0% volatile
52 Mexico 0.1 2010 up 66.7% volatile
52 Vietnam 0.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
54 United Arab Emirates 0.09 2010 up 80.0% volatile
54 Kazakhstan 0.09 2010 down 50.0% volatile
54 Romania 0.09 2010 up 12.5% volatile
57 Bolivia 0.08 2010 down 75.0% volatile
57 Brunei 0.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
57 Cuba 0.08 2010 up 14.3% rising
57 Malta 0.08 2010 down 11.1% volatile
57 Slovakia 0.08 2010 down 73.3% volatile
57 Tajikistan 0.08 2010 up 14.3% rising
57 Uganda 0.08 2010 up 100.0% volatile
57 Venezuela 0.08 2010 unchanged volatile
65 Colombia 0.07 2010 up 75.0% volatile
65 Cyprus 0.07 2010 down 36.4% volatile
65 Italy 0.07 2010 down 30.0% volatile
65 Kuwait 0.07 2010 up 133.3% volatile
65 Saudi Arabia 0.07 2010 up 16.7% volatile
65 Singapore 0.07 2010 up 250.0% volatile
71 Dominican Republic 0.06 2010 down 33.3% volatile
71 South Korea 0.06 2010 up 200.0% volatile
71 Portugal 0.06 2010 up 50.0% volatile
74 Bahrain 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
74 Mali 0.05 2010 — volatile
74 Nicaragua 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
74 Paraguay 0.05 2010 down 50.0% volatile
74 El Salvador 0.05 2010 up 66.7% volatile
74 Thailand 0.05 2010 up 150.0% volatile
80 Belize 0.04 2010 down 20.0% volatile
80 Barbados 0.04 2010 unchanged volatile
80 Hong Kong 0.04 2010 down 42.9% volatile
80 India 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
80 Jordan 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
80 Libya 0.04 2010 up 300.0% volatile
80 South Africa 0.04 2010 down 50.0% volatile
87 Botswana 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
87 Gabon 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
87 Iraq 0.03 2010 up 200.0% volatile
87 Namibia 0.03 2010 up 50.0% rising
87 Pakistan 0.03 2010 up 50.0% volatile
87 Qatar 0.03 2010 down 25.0% rising
87 Serbia 0.03 2010 down 66.7% volatile
87 Turkey 0.03 2010 down 25.0% volatile
87 Zambia 0.03 2010 unchanged volatile
96 Bangladesh 0.02 2010 down 66.7% volatile
96 China 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
96 Ecuador 0.02 2010 down 83.3% volatile
96 Egypt 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
96 Gambia 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
96 Haiti 0.02 2010 unchanged volatile
96 Liberia 0.02 2010 down 33.3% rising
96 Malaysia 0.02 2010 down 95.1% volatile
96 Syria 0.02 2010 up 100.0% volatile
96 Tonga 0.02 2010 down 66.7% rising
106 Central African Republic 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
106 Cote d'Ivoire 0.01 2010 — volatile
106 Ghana 0.01 2010 down 80.0% volatile
106 Honduras 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
106 Indonesia 0.01 2010 — volatile
106 Kenya 0.01 2010 unchanged flat
106 Lesotho 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
106 Myanmar 0.01 2010 — volatile
106 Mauritius 0.01 2010 down 66.7% volatile
106 Malawi 0.01 2010 — volatile
106 Sudan 0.01 2010 — volatile
106 Sierra Leone 0.01 2010 — volatile
106 Tunisia 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
106 Zimbabwe 0.01 2010 unchanged volatile
120 Afghanistan 0 2010 — flat
120 Albania 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
120 Burundi 0 2010 — flat
120 Benin 0 2010 — flat
120 Cameroon 0 2010 — flat
120 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 2010 — flat
120 Congo 0 2010 — flat
120 Algeria 0 2010 — flat
120 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
120 Guyana 0 2010 — flat
120 Cambodia 0 2010 — flat
120 Laos 0 2010 — flat
120 Morocco 0 2010 — flat
120 Maldives 0 2010 — flat
120 Mozambique 0 2010 — flat
120 Mauritania 0 2010 — flat
120 Niger 0 2010 — flat
120 Nepal 0 2010 — volatile
120 Papua New Guinea 0 2010 — flat
120 Rwanda 0 2010 — volatile
120 Senegal 0 2010 — flat
120 Eswatini 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
120 Togo 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
120 Tanzania 0 2010 — flat
120 Yemen 0 2010 — flat

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, female
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, 75+, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females over age 75.