Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 65-69, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 65-69, female is the average years of education completed among females age 65-69.

Countries reporting

142

Highest

13.12

United States

Lowest

0.01

Yemen

Median

4.56

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 65-69, female is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 13.12 in United States; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.56, and the mean is 5.19.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,312.

Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,285.7%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 28.8%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 65-69, female: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	United States	13.12	2010	up 9.4%	rising
2	Switzerland	13.01	2010	up 57.1%	rising
3	Czechia	12.47	2010	up 3.3%	rising
4	Slovakia	12.4	2010	up 21.1%	rising
5	Bulgaria	12.14	2010	up 83.7%	volatile
6	Estonia	11.75	2010	up 18.8%	rising
7	Norway	11.5	2010	up 21.7%	rising
8	Germany	11.4	2010	up 36.2%	rising
9	Kazakhstan	11.36	2010	up 90.6%	volatile
10	Belize	11.25	2010	up 34.9%	rising
10	Sweden	11.25	2010	up 12.8%	rising
12	Canada	11.22	2010	up 33.1%	rising
13	Slovenia	11.18	2010	up 10.8%	rising
14	Hungary	11.06	2010	up 15.6%	rising
15	Israel	10.66	2010	up 19.0%	rising
16	Finland	10.49	2010	up 102.5%	rising
17	Australia	10.21	2010	up 8.5%	rising
17	United Kingdom	10.21	2010	up 38.0%	rising
19	Ukraine	10.1	2010	up 51.0%	rising
20	New Zealand	10.09	2010	up 3.1%	rising
21	Russia	10.02	2010	up 22.2%	volatile
22	Croatia	9.88	2010	up 43.8%	rising
23	Latvia	9.7	2010	up 14.9%	rising
24	Armenia	9.69	2010	up 26.3%	rising
25	Netherlands	9.67	2010	up 12.7%	rising
26	Ireland	9.51	2010	up 18.7%	rising
27	Japan	9.49	2010	up 19.2%	rising
28	Poland	9.42	2010	up 17.9%	rising
29	Lithuania	9.12	2010	up 41.0%	volatile
30	Serbia	9.05	2010	up 115.0%	rising
31	Tonga	8.81	2010	up 20.2%	rising
32	Kyrgyzstan	8.7	2010	up 73.7%	rising
33	Moldova	8.63	2010	up 111.5%	volatile
34	Denmark	8.61	2010	up 19.3%	rising
35	Luxembourg	8.59	2010	up 17.7%	rising
36	Belgium	8.55	2010	up 10.8%	rising
36	Barbados	8.55	2010	up 8.5%	rising
38	Tajikistan	8.52	2010	up 32.5%	volatile
39	France	8.36	2010	up 24.0%	rising
40	Iceland	8.26	2010	up 21.5%	rising
41	Romania	8.1	2010	up 20.5%	rising
42	Spain	8.06	2010	up 51.5%	volatile
43	Argentina	7.9	2010	up 24.2%	rising
44	Trinidad and Tobago	7.83	2010	up 21.6%	rising
45	Austria	7.6	2010	up 25.8%	rising
46	Malta	7.44	2010	up 42.0%	rising
47	Cyprus	7.17	2010	up 119.3%	volatile
48	Chile	6.97	2010	up 9.1%	rising
49	Jamaica	6.95	2010	up 20.0%	rising
50	Greece	6.87	2010	up 65.1%	rising
51	Mongolia	6.79	2010	up 154.3%	volatile
52	Uruguay	6.73	2010	up 10.3%	rising
53	South Korea	6.72	2010	up 63.1%	volatile
54	Fiji	6.71	2010	up 12.4%	rising
55	Guyana	6.31	2010	up 56.6%	rising
56	Panama	6.28	2010	up 19.6%	rising
58	Italy	6.07	2010	up 24.9%	rising
59	Hong Kong	5.93	2010	up 259.4%	volatile
59	Sri Lanka	5.93	2010	up 4.2%	rising
61	United Arab Emirates	5.92	2010	up 179.2%	volatile
62	Cuba	5.79	2010	up 79.8%	rising
63	Albania	5.62	2010	up 23.5%	volatile
64	Colombia	5.46	2010	up 43.3%	rising
65	Costa Rica	5.44	2010	up 16.5%	rising
66	Macao	5.4	2010	up 164.7%	rising
67	Vietnam	5.23	2010	up 83.5%	volatile
68	Paraguay	5.04	2010	up 31.6%	rising
69	Philippines	4.95	2010	down 19.9%	rising
70	Gabon	4.8	2010	up 196.3%	volatile
71	Dominican Republic	4.62	2010	up 15.8%	rising
72	El Salvador	4.61	2010	up 81.5%	rising
73	Bolivia	4.52	2010	up 71.2%	volatile
74	Singapore	4.46	2010	up 118.6%	volatile
75	Peru	4.44	2010	up 6.0%	rising
76	Venezuela	4.23	2010	up 81.5%	volatile
77	Mexico	4.15	2010	up 45.6%	rising
78	Brazil	4.03	2010	up 7.5%	rising
79	Brunei	3.92	2010	up 126.6%	volatile
80	Lesotho	3.91	2010	up 5.7%	rising
81	Botswana	3.89	2010	up 23.9%	volatile
82	China	3.85	2010	up 226.3%	volatile
83	Iran	3.78	2010	up 92.9%	volatile
83	Qatar	3.78	2010	up 225.9%	volatile
85	Ecuador	3.47	2010	down 12.2%	rising
86	Namibia	3.46	2010	up 35.2%	rising
87	Malaysia	3.23	2010	up 86.7%	volatile
88	Mauritius	3.21	2010	up 58.9%	rising
89	Honduras	3.2	2010	up 35.0%	rising
90	Portugal	3.07	2010	up 2.3%	rising
91	Thailand	3	2010	up 75.4%	volatile
92	Nicaragua	2.95	2010	up 38.5%	rising
93	Indonesia	2.89	2010	up 114.1%	volatile
94	Turkey	2.75	2010	up 62.7%	volatile
95	Zimbabwe	2.55	2010	up 34.2%	rising
96	Guatemala	2.28	2010	up 26.0%	rising
97	Bangladesh	2.27	2010	up 65.7%	volatile
98	Ghana	2.23	2010	up 145.1%	volatile
99	Zambia	2.09	2010	up 0.5%	volatile
100	Kuwait	1.98	2010	up 47.8%	volatile
101	Myanmar	1.96	2010	up 81.5%	volatile
102	Jordan	1.94	2010	up 59.0%	volatile
103	Uganda	1.85	2010	up 117.6%	volatile
104	Egypt	1.67	2010	up 79.6%	volatile
105	Libya	1.66	2010	up 207.4%	volatile
106	Saudi Arabia	1.55	2010	up 4.7%	rising
107	Cameroon	1.52	2010	up 123.5%	volatile
108	Congo	1.38	2010	up 294.3%	volatile
109	Mauritania	1.36	2010	up 3.0%	rising
110	Syria	1.32	2010	up 80.8%	volatile
111	Eswatini	1.31	2010	down 28.8%	volatile
112	Burundi	1.26	2010	up 425.0%	volatile
112	Tanzania	1.26	2010	up 93.8%	rising
114	Cambodia	1.23	2010	up 173.3%	volatile
115	India	1.18	2010	up 59.5%	volatile
116	Algeria	1.14	2010	up 256.2%	volatile
117	Laos	1	2010	up 122.2%	volatile
118	Haiti	0.99	2010	up 11.2%	rising
119	Mali	0.97	2010	up 1,285.7%	volatile
120	Bahrain	0.95	2010	up 102.1%	volatile
121	Malawi	0.89	2010	up 41.3%	rising
122	Pakistan	0.82	2010	up 51.9%	volatile
123	Iraq	0.8	2010	up 185.7%	volatile
123	Tunisia	0.8	2010	up 247.8%	volatile
125	Kenya	0.77	2010	down 6.1%	volatile
125	Maldives	0.77	2010	up 40.0%	volatile
125	Togo	0.77	2010	up 40.0%	volatile
128	Gambia	0.68	2010	up 23.6%	rising
129	Liberia	0.62	2010	up 31.9%	rising
130	Benin	0.57	2010	up 96.6%	rising
131	Papua New Guinea	0.56	2010	up 250.0%	volatile
132	Morocco	0.55	2010	up 189.5%	volatile
133	Sierra Leone	0.49	2010	up 69.0%	rising
134	Cote d'Ivoire	0.48	2010	up 108.7%	volatile
134	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.48	2010	up 118.2%	volatile
136	Senegal	0.43	2010	up 2.4%	falling
138	Sudan	0.42	2010	up 90.9%	volatile
139	Rwanda	0.37	2010	up 146.7%	volatile
140	Nepal	0.32	2010	up 113.3%	volatile
141	Mozambique	0.17	2010	up 112.5%	falling
142	Niger	0.12	2010	up 33.3%	rising
143	Afghanistan	0.1	2010	up 150.0%	volatile
144	Yemen	0.01	2010	unchanged	rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

South Africa 6.23
Central African Republic 0.43

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 65-69, 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average years of total schooling, 65-69, female is the average years of education completed among females age 65-69.