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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
13.63
Switzerland
Lowest
0.02
Yemen
Median
4.97
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 70-74, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 13.63 in Switzerland; the lowest is 0.02 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.97, and the mean is 5.56.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 682.

Over the past decade 138 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 318.8%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 19.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Switzerland 13.63 2010 up 54.2% rising
2 United States 12.83 2010 up 5.9% rising
3 Czechia 12.79 2010 up 3.2% rising
4 Slovakia 12.67 2010 up 19.1% rising
5 Germany 11.92 2010 up 32.2% rising
6 Norway 11.72 2010 up 25.3% rising
7 Estonia 11.69 2010 up 17.4% rising
8 Bulgaria 11.59 2010 up 81.1% volatile
9 Slovenia 11.54 2010 up 9.6% rising
10 Belize 11.39 2010 up 35.6% rising
11 Hungary 11.27 2010 up 13.3% rising
12 Israel 11.25 2010 up 16.9% rising
13 Sweden 11.09 2010 up 18.7% rising
14 Canada 11.08 2010 up 28.7% rising
15 Finland 10.62 2010 up 93.1% rising
16 Croatia 10.58 2010 up 39.8% rising
17 Netherlands 10.41 2010 up 11.0% rising
18 Australia 10.39 2010 up 8.8% rising
19 United Kingdom 10.26 2010 up 41.5% rising
20 Ukraine 10.23 2010 up 57.4% rising
21 Armenia 9.97 2010 up 25.1% rising
22 New Zealand 9.95 2010 down 2.5% rising
22 Serbia 9.95 2010 up 97.4% rising
24 Tajikistan 9.87 2010 up 35.4% volatile
25 Japan 9.81 2010 up 22.2% rising
26 Poland 9.72 2010 up 23.8% rising
27 Luxembourg 9.56 2010 up 20.9% rising
28 Latvia 9.45 2010 up 12.5% rising
29 Kazakhstan 9.37 2010 up 46.9% volatile
30 Ireland 9.36 2010 up 26.8% rising
31 Lithuania 9.31 2010 up 51.9% volatile
32 Kyrgyzstan 9.22 2010 up 69.8% rising
33 Moldova 9.11 2010 up 103.8% volatile
34 Russia 9.06 2010 up 37.5% volatile
35 Tonga 8.95 2010 up 29.0% rising
36 Belgium 8.92 2010 up 17.2% rising
37 Spain 8.79 2010 up 68.7% volatile
38 France 8.77 2010 up 6.8% rising
39 Romania 8.74 2010 up 17.5% rising
40 Barbados 8.63 2010 up 9.1% rising
41 Argentina 8.36 2010 up 28.0% rising
42 Austria 8.15 2010 up 12.7% rising
43 Cyprus 8.14 2010 up 90.6% rising
44 Trinidad and Tobago 8.06 2010 up 19.9% rising
45 Denmark 8.05 2010 up 13.5% rising
46 Iceland 7.89 2010 up 11.6% rising
47 Malta 7.56 2010 up 17.2% rising
48 Greece 7.52 2010 up 60.3% rising
49 Chile 7.28 2010 up 8.3% rising
50 Hong Kong 7.18 2010 up 164.0% rising
51 Italy 6.77 2010 up 17.9% rising
52 Cuba 6.67 2010 up 87.4% rising
53 Sri Lanka 6.61 2010 up 2.5% rising
53 Uruguay 6.61 2010 up 1.7% rising
55 South Africa 6.59 2010 up 43.9% rising
56 South Korea 6.55 2010 up 53.4% volatile
57 Guyana 6.49 2010 up 48.9% rising
58 Qatar 6.47 2010 up 287.4% volatile
59 Albania 6.43 2010 up 27.1% volatile
60 Jamaica 6.32 2010 up 12.7% rising
61 Mongolia 6.29 2010 up 67.7% volatile
62 Panama 6.25 2010 up 20.9% rising
63 Brunei 6.14 2010 up 74.9% volatile
64 Vietnam 6.08 2010 up 65.2% rising
65 Fiji 6.05 2010 up 1.5% rising
66 Colombia 5.65 2010 up 65.7% rising
67 Costa Rica 5.54 2010 up 19.1% rising
68 Bolivia 5.47 2010 up 55.4% rising
69 Peru 5.45 2010 up 22.5% rising
70 Paraguay 5.08 2010 up 25.4% rising
71 Philippines 5.06 2010 down 19.6% rising
72 El Salvador 4.99 2010 up 133.2% rising
73 Macao 4.96 2010 up 62.6% rising
74 China 4.93 2010 up 102.0% volatile
75 Malaysia 4.63 2010 up 74.1% volatile
76 Dominican Republic 4.6 2010 up 11.1% rising
77 Iran 4.59 2010 up 74.5% volatile
78 Mexico 4.54 2010 up 46.0% rising
79 Singapore 4.51 2010 up 78.3% volatile
80 Venezuela 4.42 2010 up 64.3% rising
81 Mauritius 4.3 2010 up 56.4% rising
82 United Arab Emirates 4.29 2010 up 104.3% volatile
83 Botswana 4.24 2010 up 38.6% volatile
84 Brazil 3.96 2010 up 31.1% rising
84 Saudi Arabia 3.96 2010 up 9.7% rising
86 Indonesia 3.94 2010 up 115.3% volatile
87 Turkey 3.83 2010 up 53.8% volatile
88 Ecuador 3.82 2010 down 6.6% rising
89 Namibia 3.77 2010 up 34.6% rising
90 Jordan 3.75 2010 up 53.1% volatile
91 Kuwait 3.7 2010 up 70.5% volatile
92 Zambia 3.69 2010 up 59.7% volatile
93 Ghana 3.6 2010 up 75.6% volatile
93 Portugal 3.6 2010 up 12.9% rising
95 Lesotho 3.55 2010 up 7.3% rising
96 Honduras 3.39 2010 up 63.0% rising
97 Zimbabwe 3.32 2010 up 36.1% rising
98 Bangladesh 3.16 2010 up 21.5% volatile
98 Syria 3.16 2010 up 84.8% volatile
100 Nicaragua 2.81 2010 up 33.2% rising
101 Thailand 2.65 2010 up 69.9% volatile
102 Cambodia 2.47 2010 up 102.5% volatile
102 Uganda 2.47 2010 up 50.6% volatile
104 India 2.35 2010 up 41.6% rising
105 Bahrain 2.34 2010 up 105.3% volatile
106 Egypt 2.33 2010 up 36.3% volatile
107 Tanzania 2.31 2010 up 47.1% rising
108 Pakistan 2.08 2010 up 87.4% volatile
109 Laos 2.05 2010 up 50.7% rising
110 Guatemala 2.01 2010 down 5.2% rising
111 Haiti 1.91 2010 up 29.9% rising
111 Myanmar 1.91 2010 up 94.9% rising
113 Togo 1.89 2010 up 122.4% volatile
113 Tunisia 1.89 2010 up 173.9% volatile
115 Mauritania 1.79 2010 up 6.5% rising
116 Kenya 1.7 2010 up 6.2% rising
117 Cameroon 1.65 2010 up 58.7% volatile
118 Libya 1.63 2010 up 71.6% volatile
119 Malawi 1.62 2010 up 42.1% rising
120 Gabon 1.6 2010 up 190.9% volatile
121 Liberia 1.44 2010 up 37.1% rising
122 Congo 1.33 2010 up 160.8% volatile
123 Eswatini 1.32 2010 up 14.8% rising
124 Benin 1.31 2010 up 92.6% rising
125 Gambia 1.29 2010 up 48.3% volatile
126 Burundi 1.26 2010 up 157.1% volatile
127 Rwanda 1.21 2010 up 105.1% volatile
128 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.17 2010 up 48.1% volatile
129 Morocco 1.14 2010 up 132.7% volatile
130 Cote d'Ivoire 1.1 2010 up 57.1% volatile
131 Central African Republic 1.08 2010 up 100.0% rising
132 Papua New Guinea 1 2010 up 156.4% volatile
133 Senegal 0.99 2010 up 20.7% falling
134 Algeria 0.81 2010 up 55.8% rising
134 Nepal 0.81 2010 up 55.8% volatile
136 Iraq 0.79 2010 up 64.6% volatile
137 Sudan 0.69 2010 up 23.2% rising
138 Maldives 0.68 2010 unchanged volatile
139 Mali 0.67 2010 up 318.8% volatile
140 Afghanistan 0.61 2010 up 56.4% volatile
141 Sierra Leone 0.6 2010 up 11.1% rising
142 Niger 0.46 2010 up 2.2% rising
143 Mozambique 0.34 2010 up 100.0% rising
144 Yemen 0.02 2010 unchanged rising

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 70-74, 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, 70-74, total is the average years of education completed among people age 70-74.