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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.64
Switzerland
Lowest
0.01
Yemen
Median
5.26
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 65-69, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.64 in Switzerland; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.26, and the mean is 5.77.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,364.

Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 240.0%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 19.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Switzerland 13.64 2010 up 42.8% rising
2 United States 13.29 2010 up 9.7% rising
3 Czechia 12.79 2010 up 2.2% rising
4 Slovakia 12.67 2010 up 17.2% rising
5 Bulgaria 12.32 2010 up 76.8% rising
6 Germany 11.93 2010 up 26.9% rising
7 Norway 11.72 2010 up 19.7% rising
8 Estonia 11.65 2010 up 17.0% rising
9 Slovenia 11.53 2010 up 9.5% rising
10 Kazakhstan 11.48 2010 up 78.0% volatile
11 Belize 11.39 2010 up 35.1% rising
12 Canada 11.34 2010 up 31.7% rising
13 Hungary 11.27 2010 up 13.3% rising
14 Israel 11.25 2010 up 17.2% rising
15 Sweden 11.09 2010 up 11.8% rising
16 Finland 10.61 2010 up 94.3% rising
17 Croatia 10.58 2010 up 34.3% rising
18 United Kingdom 10.5 2010 up 38.7% rising
19 Australia 10.48 2010 up 8.5% rising
20 Netherlands 10.41 2010 up 12.7% rising
21 Ukraine 10.28 2010 up 42.0% rising
22 Russia 10.11 2010 up 20.5% volatile
23 Serbia 9.95 2010 up 94.3% rising
24 Armenia 9.9 2010 up 24.2% rising
25 New Zealand 9.86 2010 down 2.7% rising
26 Tajikistan 9.75 2010 up 33.7% volatile
27 Japan 9.73 2010 up 18.5% rising
28 Poland 9.72 2010 up 15.7% rising
29 Latvia 9.68 2010 up 13.2% rising
30 Luxembourg 9.56 2010 up 17.0% rising
31 Ireland 9.37 2010 up 17.7% rising
32 Lithuania 9.31 2010 up 39.4% volatile
33 Denmark 9.25 2010 up 20.1% rising
34 Kyrgyzstan 9.22 2010 up 66.1% rising
35 Moldova 9.11 2010 up 98.0% volatile
36 Tonga 8.95 2010 up 18.9% rising
37 Belgium 8.92 2010 up 11.4% rising
38 Austria 8.85 2010 up 21.2% rising
39 Spain 8.79 2010 up 48.2% volatile
40 France 8.75 2010 up 23.9% rising
40 Romania 8.75 2010 up 15.7% rising
42 Barbados 8.52 2010 up 7.7% rising
43 United Arab Emirates 8.31 2010 up 130.8% volatile
44 Argentina 8.21 2010 up 25.7% rising
44 Iceland 8.21 2010 up 18.5% rising
46 Cyprus 8.14 2010 up 80.1% rising
47 South Korea 8.13 2010 up 40.7% volatile
48 Malta 8.08 2010 up 34.2% rising
49 Trinidad and Tobago 8.06 2010 up 16.3% rising
50 Mongolia 7.54 2010 up 101.1% volatile
51 Greece 7.52 2010 up 46.3% rising
52 Chile 7.28 2010 up 8.3% rising
53 Fiji 7.26 2010 up 9.8% rising
54 Hong Kong 7.18 2010 up 164.0% rising
55 Italy 6.77 2010 up 24.7% rising
56 Jamaica 6.75 2010 up 16.4% rising
57 Uruguay 6.62 2010 up 8.3% rising
58 Sri Lanka 6.61 2010 up 2.5% rising
59 South Africa 6.59 2010 up 43.9% rising
60 Cuba 6.48 2010 up 82.0% rising
61 Qatar 6.47 2010 up 146.9% volatile
62 Albania 6.43 2010 up 9.5% volatile
63 Guyana 6.35 2010 up 45.6% rising
64 Panama 6.25 2010 up 20.9% rising
65 Vietnam 6.08 2010 up 65.7% volatile
66 Brunei 5.99 2010 up 77.7% volatile
67 Macao 5.96 2010 up 95.4% rising
68 Singapore 5.66 2010 up 75.8% volatile
69 Colombia 5.65 2010 up 42.7% rising
70 Costa Rica 5.54 2010 up 15.7% rising
71 Peru 5.45 2010 up 7.1% rising
72 Bolivia 5.44 2010 up 54.5% rising
73 Paraguay 5.07 2010 up 25.2% rising
74 Philippines 5.06 2010 down 19.6% rising
75 El Salvador 4.99 2010 up 70.3% rising
76 China 4.93 2010 up 102.0% volatile
77 Iran 4.75 2010 up 74.0% volatile
78 Malaysia 4.63 2010 up 69.6% rising
79 Dominican Republic 4.6 2010 up 10.6% rising
80 Mexico 4.54 2010 up 46.0% rising
81 Venezuela 4.42 2010 up 66.8% rising
82 Mauritius 4.3 2010 up 56.4% rising
83 Brazil 4.15 2010 up 4.5% rising
84 Botswana 4.06 2010 up 28.1% volatile
85 Indonesia 3.94 2010 up 114.1% volatile
86 Turkey 3.83 2010 up 40.3% volatile
87 Ecuador 3.82 2010 down 6.4% rising
88 Saudi Arabia 3.78 2010 up 4.7% rising
89 Jordan 3.75 2010 up 49.4% volatile
90 Kuwait 3.7 2010 up 25.9% volatile
91 Namibia 3.67 2010 up 31.1% rising
92 Portugal 3.61 2010 up 2.6% rising
93 Ghana 3.6 2010 up 75.6% volatile
94 Zambia 3.59 2010 up 57.5% volatile
95 Lesotho 3.55 2010 up 5.0% rising
96 Honduras 3.39 2010 up 40.7% rising
97 Thailand 3.35 2010 up 70.9% volatile
98 Zimbabwe 3.23 2010 up 32.4% rising
99 Syria 3.16 2010 up 84.8% volatile
100 Nicaragua 3.14 2010 up 26.1% rising
101 Gabon 3.11 2010 up 211.0% volatile
102 Egypt 3.09 2010 up 41.7% volatile
103 India 3.08 2010 up 54.8% volatile
104 Bangladesh 3.02 2010 up 16.2% rising
105 Libya 3.01 2010 up 91.7% volatile
106 Congo 2.95 2010 up 130.5% volatile
107 Cameroon 2.61 2010 up 65.2% volatile
108 Cambodia 2.47 2010 up 75.2% volatile
108 Uganda 2.47 2010 up 50.6% volatile
110 Bahrain 2.34 2010 up 105.3% volatile
111 Tanzania 2.29 2010 up 45.9% rising
112 Guatemala 2.21 2010 up 4.2% rising
112 Laos 2.21 2010 up 46.4% volatile
114 Algeria 2.19 2010 up 188.2% volatile
115 Haiti 2.08 2010 up 13.7% rising
115 Pakistan 2.08 2010 up 47.5% rising
117 Togo 1.89 2010 up 71.8% volatile
117 Tunisia 1.89 2010 up 110.0% volatile
119 Myanmar 1.84 2010 up 70.4% rising
120 Liberia 1.83 2010 up 81.2% rising
121 Mauritania 1.77 2010 up 6.0% rising
122 Kenya 1.7 2010 unchanged rising
123 Malawi 1.59 2010 up 39.5% rising
124 Iraq 1.58 2010 up 116.4% volatile
125 Eswatini 1.5 2010 down 13.3% rising
126 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.39 2010 up 44.8% volatile
127 Cote d'Ivoire 1.38 2010 up 58.6% volatile
128 Burundi 1.24 2010 up 40.9% volatile
128 Benin 1.24 2010 up 82.4% rising
130 Nepal 1.21 2010 up 132.7% volatile
131 Gambia 1.19 2010 up 36.8% volatile
132 Rwanda 1.18 2010 up 103.4% volatile
133 Morocco 1.06 2010 up 130.4% volatile
134 Central African Republic 1.04 2010 up 55.2% volatile
135 Maldives 1 2010 up 47.1% volatile
136 Senegal 0.99 2010 up 8.8% falling
137 Sudan 0.96 2010 up 45.5% volatile
137 Sierra Leone 0.96 2010 up 71.4% rising
139 Papua New Guinea 0.95 2010 up 156.8% volatile
140 Mali 0.68 2010 up 240.0% volatile
141 Afghanistan 0.57 2010 up 54.1% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.48 2010 up 77.8% rising
143 Niger 0.44 2010 down 2.2% rising
144 Yemen 0.01 2010 unchanged rising

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 65-69, 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 total schooling, 65-69, total is the average years of education completed among people age 65-69.