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

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

Countries reporting

140

Highest

1.22

United States

Lowest

Yemen

Median

0.12

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 1.22 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.12, and the mean is 0.191.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 288.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	United States	1.22	2010	up 19.6%	rising
2	Australia	0.97	2010	up 203.1%	rising
2	Estonia	0.97	2010	up 288.0%	volatile
4	Israel	0.91	2010	up 184.4%	rising
5	Russia	0.8	2010	up 25.0%	volatile
6	Canada	0.73	2010	up 92.1%	rising
7	Ukraine	0.65	2010	up 32.7%	volatile
8	Luxembourg	0.59	2010	up 247.1%	volatile
9	United Kingdom	0.54	2010	up 25.6%	volatile
9	New Zealand	0.54	2010	down 14.3%	volatile
11	Hungary	0.51	2010	up 264.3%	volatile
12	Switzerland	0.49	2010	up 145.0%	rising
13	Germany	0.47	2010	up 62.1%	rising
13	Ireland	0.47	2010	up 95.8%	volatile
15	Denmark	0.44	2010	up 69.2%	rising
16	Bulgaria	0.43	2010	up 72.0%	volatile
17	Armenia	0.42	2010	up 5.0%	rising
17	Sweden	0.42	2010	down 4.5%	rising
19	Iran	0.4	2010	up 90.5%	volatile
20	Netherlands	0.39	2010	unchanged	rising
21	Finland	0.38	2010	up 11.8%	rising
21	Mongolia	0.38	2010	up 58.3%	volatile
23	Belgium	0.37	2010	up 37.0%	volatile
23	Latvia	0.37	2010	up 42.3%	rising
25	Lithuania	0.35	2010	up 169.2%	volatile
26	Norway	0.34	2010	up 54.5%	rising
27	Costa Rica	0.33	2010	up 94.1%	volatile
27	Czechia	0.33	2010	up 57.1%	volatile
29	Argentina	0.32	2010	up 77.8%	volatile
29	Austria	0.32	2010	up 128.6%	volatile
29	Kazakhstan	0.32	2010	up 28.0%	volatile
29	Philippines	0.32	2010	down 46.7%	rising
33	Croatia	0.29	2010	up 70.6%	volatile
33	Slovenia	0.29	2010	up 7.4%	volatile
35	Poland	0.28	2010	up 75.0%	volatile
36	Macao	0.26	2010	up 85.7%	volatile
36	Moldova	0.26	2010	up 52.9%	rising
36	Saudi Arabia	0.26	2010	up 13.0%	volatile
39	United Arab Emirates	0.25	2010	up 108.3%	volatile
39	Kyrgyzstan	0.25	2010	up 8.7%	rising
39	Malta	0.25	2010	up 92.3%	volatile
42	Iceland	0.24	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
42	South Korea	0.24	2010	up 166.7%	volatile
42	Kuwait	0.24	2010	up 84.6%	volatile
46	France	0.23	2010	down 11.5%	volatile
46	Greece	0.23	2010	up 43.8%	volatile
48	Japan	0.22	2010	up 4.8%	rising
49	Chile	0.21	2010	down 43.2%	volatile
49	Spain	0.21	2010	up 75.0%	volatile
49	Jordan	0.21	2010	up 75.0%	volatile
49	Peru	0.21	2010	down 36.4%	volatile
53	Jamaica	0.2	2010	up 53.8%	volatile
53	Slovakia	0.2	2010	down 48.7%	volatile
53	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2	2010	up 122.2%	volatile
56	Brunei	0.19	2010	up 90.0%	volatile
56	Cyprus	0.19	2010	down 9.5%	volatile
58	Bahrain	0.18	2010	up 125.0%	volatile
58	Sri Lanka	0.18	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
60	Qatar	0.17	2010	up 41.7%	rising
60	Uruguay	0.17	2010	up 13.3%	rising
60	Vietnam	0.17	2010	up 112.5%	volatile
63	Brazil	0.16	2010	up 128.6%	volatile
63	Fiji	0.16	2010	down 23.8%	volatile
63	Tajikistan	0.16	2010	up 6.7%	rising
67	Bolivia	0.14	2010	down 57.6%	volatile
67	Romania	0.14	2010	down 6.7%	rising
69	Colombia	0.13	2010	up 44.4%	rising
71	Dominican Republic	0.12	2010	unchanged	volatile
71	Italy	0.12	2010	down 20.0%	rising
71	Paraguay	0.12	2010	down 7.7%	volatile
71	Venezuela	0.12	2010	unchanged	volatile
75	India	0.11	2010	up 37.5%	volatile
75	Pakistan	0.11	2010	up 120.0%	volatile
78	Egypt	0.1	2010	up 25.0%	rising
78	Nicaragua	0.1	2010	up 25.0%	rising
78	Portugal	0.1	2010	up 42.9%	rising
81	Belize	0.09	2010	unchanged	volatile
81	Cuba	0.09	2010	up 12.5%	rising
81	South Africa	0.09	2010	up 12.5%	rising
84	Thailand	0.08	2010	up 166.7%	volatile
84	Turkey	0.08	2010	down 11.1%	volatile
86	Bangladesh	0.07	2010	unchanged	volatile
86	Iraq	0.07	2010	up 133.3%	volatile
86	Uganda	0.07	2010	up 75.0%	volatile
89	Botswana	0.06	2010	up 200.0%	volatile
89	Syria	0.06	2010	down 33.3%	volatile
91	Liberia	0.05	2010	unchanged	rising
91	Mauritius	0.05	2010	up 66.7%	rising
91	El Salvador	0.05	2010	down 16.7%	rising
91	Tonga	0.05	2010	down 50.0%	rising
95	Afghanistan	0.04	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
95	China	0.04	2010	down 20.0%	volatile
95	Cote d'Ivoire	0.04	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
95	Gambia	0.04	2010	up 33.3%	volatile
95	Malaysia	0.04	2010	down 89.2%	volatile
95	Namibia	0.04	2010	up 100.0%	falling
101	Barbados	0.03	2010	down 25.0%	rising
101	Ghana	0.03	2010	down 75.0%	volatile
101	Haiti	0.03	2010	up 200.0%	rising
101	Indonesia	0.03	2010	up 200.0%	volatile
101	Kenya	0.03	2010	up 50.0%	rising
101	Laos	0.03	2010	up 200.0%	volatile
101	Libya	0.03	2010	up 200.0%	volatile
101	Mali	0.03	2010	—	volatile
101	Myanmar	0.03	2010	up 50.0%	rising
101	Nepal	0.03	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
101	Serbia	0.03	2010	down 87.5%	volatile
101	Zambia	0.03	2010	unchanged	volatile
113	Benin	0.02	2010	—	volatile
113	Central African Republic	0.02	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
113	Congo	0.02	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
113	Algeria	0.02	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
113	Gabon	0.02	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
113	Guyana	0.02	2010	unchanged	rising
113	Honduras	0.02	2010	down 33.3%	rising
113	Lesotho	0.02	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
113	Sudan	0.02	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
113	Senegal	0.02	2010	—	volatile
113	Sierra Leone	0.02	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
113	Tunisia	0.02	2010	unchanged	rising
113	Zimbabwe	0.02	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
126	Albania	0.01	2010	down 85.7%	volatile
126	Cameroon	0.01	2010	—	volatile
126	Ecuador	0.01	2010	down 92.9%	volatile
126	Mauritania	0.01	2010	—	volatile
126	Malawi	0.01	2010	—	volatile
126	Niger	0.01	2010	—	volatile
132	Burundi	0	2010	—	flat
132	Democratic Republic of Congo	0	2010	—	flat
132	Guatemala	0	2010	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Cambodia	0	2010	—	flat
132	Morocco	0	2010	—	flat
132	Maldives	0	2010	—	flat
132	Mozambique	0	2010	—	flat
132	Papua New Guinea	0	2010	—	flat
132	Rwanda	0	2010	—	volatile
132	Eswatini	0	2010	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Togo	0	2010	down 100.0%	volatile
132	Tanzania	0	2010	—	flat
132	Yemen	0	2010	—	flat

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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