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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 70-74, female is the average years of education completed among females age 70-74.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
12.99
Switzerland
Lowest
0.02
Yemen
Median
4.21
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 12.99 in Switzerland; the lowest is 0.02 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.21, and the mean is 4.96.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 650.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 2,275.0%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 19.9%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Switzerland 12.99 2010 up 71.1% rising
2 United States 12.67 2010 up 5.7% rising
3 Czechia 12.47 2010 up 4.2% rising
4 Slovak Republic 12.4 2010 up 22.7% rising
5 Estonia 11.79 2010 up 19.2% rising
6 Norway 11.5 2010 up 26.9% rising
7 Germany 11.39 2010 up 40.8% rising
8 Bulgaria 11.27 2010 up 96.7% volatile
9 Belize 11.25 2010 up 35.4% rising
9 Sweden 11.25 2010 up 21.6% rising
11 Slovenia 11.19 2010 up 10.9% rising
12 Hungary 11.06 2010 up 15.6% rising
13 Canada 10.97 2010 up 30.1% rising
14 Israel 10.66 2010 up 10.6% rising
15 Finland 10.5 2010 up 101.9% rising
16 New Zealand 10.17 2010 up 3.2% rising
17 Australia 10.1 2010 up 8.6% rising
18 Ukraine 10.03 2010 up 69.7% rising
19 United Kingdom 9.97 2010 up 40.8% rising
20 Croatia 9.88 2010 up 49.0% rising
21 Armenia 9.77 2010 up 27.2% rising
22 Netherlands 9.67 2010 up 11.1% rising
23 Japan 9.56 2010 up 23.2% rising
24 Ireland 9.5 2010 up 24.7% rising
25 Poland 9.42 2010 up 29.2% rising
26 Latvia 9.41 2010 up 14.1% rising
27 Lithuania 9.12 2010 up 55.9% volatile
28 Serbia 9.05 2010 up 112.9% rising
29 Kazakhstan 8.99 2010 up 56.6% volatile
30 Russia 8.89 2010 up 41.6% volatile
31 Tonga 8.81 2010 up 33.7% rising
32 Kyrgyzstan 8.7 2010 up 75.4% rising
33 Tajikistan 8.68 2010 up 35.0% volatile
34 Barbados 8.66 2010 up 9.9% rising
35 Moldova 8.63 2010 up 117.4% volatile
36 Belgium 8.56 2010 up 18.1% rising
37 Luxembourg 8.48 2010 up 20.8% rising
38 France 8.38 2010 up 4.9% rising
39 Romania 8.08 2010 up 20.2% rising
40 Spain 8.06 2010 up 71.5% volatile
41 Argentina 8.04 2010 up 26.2% rising
42 Iceland 7.85 2010 up 13.3% rising
43 Trinidad and Tobago 7.83 2010 up 26.7% rising
44 Denmark 7.57 2010 up 11.7% rising
45 Cyprus 7.17 2010 up 136.6% volatile
46 Chile 6.97 2010 up 9.1% rising
47 Greece 6.87 2010 up 75.3% rising
48 Malta 6.78 2010 up 13.2% rising
49 Uruguay 6.72 2010 down 1.3% rising
50 Austria 6.71 2010 up 9.6% rising
51 Jamaica 6.46 2010 up 16.0% rising
52 Guyana 6.45 2010 up 60.0% rising
53 Panama 6.28 2010 up 19.6% rising
54 South Africa 6.23 2010 up 49.8% rising
55 Italy 6.07 2010 up 15.8% rising
56 Cuba 5.98 2010 up 85.7% rising
57 Hong Kong 5.93 2010 up 259.4% volatile
57 Sri Lanka 5.93 2010 up 4.2% rising
59 Albania 5.62 2010 up 46.7% volatile
60 Colombia 5.46 2010 up 69.6% rising
61 Costa Rica 5.44 2010 up 19.6% rising
62 Fiji 5.42 2010 up 1.5% rising
63 Mongolia 5.38 2010 up 101.5% volatile
64 Vietnam 5.23 2010 up 83.5% volatile
65 Paraguay 5.05 2010 up 31.9% rising
66 Korea 5.03 2010 up 75.3% volatile
67 Philippines 4.95 2010 down 19.9% rising
68 Dominican Republic 4.62 2010 up 16.1% rising
69 El Salvador 4.61 2010 up 163.4% rising
70 Bolivia 4.55 2010 up 72.3% volatile
71 Peru 4.44 2010 up 21.6% rising
72 Venezuela 4.23 2010 up 79.2% volatile
73 Macao 4.19 2010 up 105.4% rising
74 Mexico 4.15 2010 up 45.6% rising
75 Brunei 4.07 2010 up 123.6% volatile
76 Botswana 4.04 2010 up 28.7% volatile
77 Lesotho 3.91 2010 up 8.6% rising
78 China (People's Republic of) 3.85 2010 up 226.3% volatile
79 Brazil 3.84 2010 up 31.5% rising
80 Qatar 3.78 2010 up 231.6% volatile
81 Iran 3.57 2010 up 97.2% volatile
82 Namibia 3.55 2010 up 38.7% rising
83 Ecuador 3.47 2010 down 12.4% rising
84 Malaysia 3.23 2010 up 90.0% volatile
85 Mauritius 3.21 2010 up 58.9% rising
86 Honduras 3.2 2010 up 51.7% rising
87 Singapore 3.19 2010 up 109.9% volatile
88 Portugal 3.07 2010 up 14.6% rising
89 Indonesia 2.89 2010 up 115.7% volatile
90 Gabon 2.87 2010 up 208.6% volatile
91 Türkiye 2.75 2010 up 80.9% volatile
92 Nicaragua 2.63 2010 up 42.2% rising
93 Zimbabwe 2.6 2010 up 36.8% volatile
94 United Arab Emirates 2.5 2010 up 108.3% volatile
95 Bangladesh 2.38 2010 up 73.7% volatile
96 Thailand 2.37 2010 up 91.1% volatile
97 Guatemala 2.24 2010 up 23.8% rising
98 Ghana 2.23 2010 up 145.1% volatile
99 Zambia 2.12 2010 unchanged volatile
100 Kuwait 1.98 2010 up 102.0% volatile
101 Jordan 1.94 2010 up 64.4% volatile
102 Uganda 1.85 2010 up 117.6% volatile
103 Saudi Arabia 1.63 2010 up 10.1% rising
104 Mauritania 1.37 2010 up 3.8% rising
105 Syria 1.32 2010 up 80.8% volatile
106 Burundi 1.29 2010 up 1,072.7% volatile
107 Tanzania 1.27 2010 up 95.4% rising
108 Cambodia 1.23 2010 up 261.8% volatile
109 Eswatini 1.18 2010 down 7.8% volatile
110 Myanmar 1.17 2010 up 27.2% rising
111 Haiti 1.04 2010 up 10.6% rising
112 Egypt 1.01 2010 up 62.9% volatile
113 Bahrain 0.95 2010 up 102.1% volatile
113 Mali 0.95 2010 up 2,275.0% volatile
115 India 0.91 2010 up 54.2% volatile
116 Malawi 0.9 2010 up 42.9% rising
117 Pakistan 0.82 2010 up 95.2% volatile
118 Tunisia 0.8 2010 up 300.0% volatile
119 Kenya 0.77 2010 down 1.3% volatile
119 Togo 0.77 2010 up 87.8% volatile
121 Laos 0.76 2010 up 105.4% volatile
122 Gambia 0.75 2010 up 41.5% rising
123 Cameroon 0.73 2010 up 108.6% volatile
124 Maldives 0.62 2010 up 10.7% volatile
125 Benin 0.6 2010 up 106.9% rising
125 Morocco 0.6 2010 up 185.7% volatile
127 Libya 0.58 2010 up 222.2% volatile
128 Liberia 0.55 2010 up 12.2% rising
129 Papua New Guinea 0.54 2010 up 217.6% volatile
130 Central African Republic 0.44 2010 up 41.9% rising
131 Senegal 0.43 2010 up 13.2% falling
132 Algeria 0.39 2010 up 116.7% volatile
133 Rwanda 0.37 2010 up 131.2% volatile
134 Congo 0.36 2010 up 157.1% rising
135 Cote d'Ivoire 0.33 2010 up 106.2% volatile
136 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.32 2010 up 166.7% volatile
137 Sierra Leone 0.31 2010 down 13.9% flat
138 Iraq 0.3 2010 up 66.7% volatile
139 Sudan 0.24 2010 up 71.4% volatile
140 Nepal 0.23 2010 up 53.3% volatile
141 Afghanistan 0.1 2010 up 150.0% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.1 2010 up 66.7% falling
143 Niger 0.09 2010 unchanged rising
144 Yemen 0.02 2010 up 100.0% rising

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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of total schooling, 70-74, female is the average years of education completed among females age 70-74.