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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
135
Highest
1.22
United States
Lowest
0
Togo
Median
0.14
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total is currently reported for 135 countries. The highest value is 1.22 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.14, and the mean is 0.2027.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 30 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
42 Panama 0.24 2010 down 14.3% 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
66 Mexico 0.15 2010 up 36.4% 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
69 Singapore 0.13 2010 up 160.0% volatile
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 Hong Kong 0.11 2010 down 15.4% rising
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 Guatemala 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
132 Rwanda 0 2010 — volatile
132 Eswatini 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile
132 Togo 0 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
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144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 75+, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people over age 75.