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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 75+, female by country

Average years of total schooling, 75+, female is the average years of education completed among females over age 75.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
12.47
Czechia
Lowest
0.02
Yemen
Median
3.34
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 75+, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 12.47 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.02 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.34, and the mean is 4.13.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 624.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,725.0%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 87.3%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 75+, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 12.47 2010 up 6.4% rising
2 United States 12.3 2010 up 2.6% rising
3 Switzerland 12.28 2010 up 78.7% rising
4 Slovakia 11.48 2010 up 14.5% rising
5 Estonia 11.2 2010 up 13.5% rising
6 Hungary 11.1 2010 up 6.3% rising
7 Norway 10.83 2010 up 26.5% rising
8 Germany 10.79 2010 up 41.0% rising
9 Belize 10.78 2010 up 37.5% rising
10 Slovenia 10.23 2010 up 1.4% rising
11 Australia 10.03 2010 up 9.9% rising
12 New Zealand 9.82 2010 down 6.3% rising
13 United Kingdom 9.79 2010 up 35.4% rising
14 Bulgaria 9.65 2010 up 128.1% volatile
15 Canada 9.56 2010 up 13.4% rising
16 Israel 9.36 2010 down 2.9% rising
17 Finland 9.3 2010 up 79.9% rising
18 Netherlands 9.05 2010 up 3.3% rising
19 Sweden 8.88 2010 down 3.7% rising
20 Barbados 8.61 2010 down 3.1% rising
21 Latvia 8.3 2010 up 14.3% rising
22 Japan 8.2 2010 up 13.7% rising
23 Croatia 8.16 2010 up 37.1% rising
24 Argentina 8.06 2010 up 26.5% rising
25 Armenia 8 2010 up 4.3% rising
26 Poland 7.93 2010 up 24.3% rising
27 Luxembourg 7.87 2010 up 18.3% rising
28 Ireland 7.74 2010 up 16.7% rising
29 Denmark 7.54 2010 up 16.7% rising
30 Tonga 7.49 2010 up 3.6% rising
31 Belgium 7.22 2010 up 5.4% rising
32 Iceland 7.11 2010 up 16.7% rising
33 Ukraine 7.04 2010 down 3.2% rising
34 France 6.94 2010 down 10.7% rising
35 Kazakhstan 6.85 2010 up 20.0% volatile
36 Tajikistan 6.81 2010 up 5.9% volatile
37 Russia 6.79 2010 up 8.1% rising
38 Trinidad and Tobago 6.65 2010 up 14.5% rising
39 Kyrgyzstan 6.42 2010 up 61.7% rising
40 Spain 6.35 2010 up 63.2% volatile
41 Lithuania 6.32 2010 up 64.2% rising
42 Romania 6.28 2010 up 4.8% rising
43 Austria 6.22 2010 up 2.6% rising
44 Chile 6.07 2010 down 5.0% rising
45 Jamaica 6.02 2010 up 16.2% rising
46 Sri Lanka 5.89 2010 up 17.8% rising
47 Uruguay 5.76 2010 down 15.9% rising
48 Moldova 5.63 2010 up 73.2% rising
49 South Africa 5.39 2010 down 36.7% rising
50 Malta 5.31 2010 down 12.2% rising
51 Vietnam 5.23 2010 up 83.5% volatile
52 Greece 5.17 2010 up 63.1% rising
53 Panama 5.12 2010 down 2.5% rising
54 Fiji 5.09 2010 down 3.2% rising
55 Costa Rica 4.95 2010 up 15.1% rising
56 Cyprus 4.77 2010 up 59.5% rising
57 Colombia 4.42 2010 up 37.7% rising
58 Albania 4.26 2010 down 44.5% volatile
58 Serbia 4.26 2010 up 1.9% rising
60 Philippines 4.25 2010 down 31.2% rising
61 Macao 4.19 2010 up 105.4% rising
62 Guyana 4.13 2010 up 2.5% rising
63 Italy 4.03 2010 down 11.0% rising
64 El Salvador 4 2010 up 150.0% rising
65 Brazil 3.92 2010 up 44.6% rising
65 Mongolia 3.92 2010 up 46.8% volatile
67 Zimbabwe 3.85 2010 down 46.5% volatile
68 Paraguay 3.63 2010 down 5.2% rising
69 South Korea 3.58 2010 up 128.0% volatile
70 Cuba 3.48 2010 up 8.1% flat
71 Dominican Republic 3.37 2010 down 15.1% rising
72 Lesotho 3.35 2010 down 2.6% rising
73 Iran 3.33 2010 up 86.0% volatile
74 Peru 3.3 2010 down 9.6% rising
75 Mauritius 3.25 2010 down 58.4% volatile
76 Ecuador 3.09 2010 down 22.2% rising
77 Mexico 3.07 2010 up 7.7% rising
78 Botswana 3.05 2010 up 57.2% rising
79 Venezuela 2.98 2010 up 24.7% rising
80 Hong Kong 2.62 2010 up 59.8% volatile
81 Namibia 2.47 2010 up 40.3% rising
82 Bangladesh 2.4 2010 down 51.0% volatile
83 Thailand 2.37 2010 up 91.1% volatile
84 Qatar 2.36 2010 up 114.5% volatile
85 Nicaragua 2.19 2010 up 21.0% rising
86 Zambia 2.18 2010 up 2.8% volatile
87 Guatemala 2.14 2010 up 24.4% rising
88 Honduras 2.13 2010 up 0.9% rising
89 Bolivia 2.07 2010 down 76.7% volatile
90 Portugal 2.03 2010 down 9.0% rising
91 Uganda 1.99 2010 down 49.5% volatile
92 Kuwait 1.98 2010 up 104.1% volatile
93 United Arab Emirates 1.95 2010 up 68.1% volatile
93 China 1.95 2010 up 74.1% volatile
95 Jordan 1.94 2010 up 76.4% volatile
96 Turkey 1.9 2010 up 26.7% volatile
97 Indonesia 1.71 2010 up 28.6% volatile
98 Brunei 1.7 2010 up 112.5% volatile
99 Saudi Arabia 1.63 2010 up 10.1% rising
100 Singapore 1.6 2010 up 39.1% volatile
101 Ghana 1.44 2010 up 114.9% volatile
102 Malaysia 1.4 2010 down 87.3% volatile
103 Mauritania 1.38 2010 up 13.1% rising
104 Gabon 1.36 2010 up 46.2% rising
105 Myanmar 1.06 2010 up 23.3% rising
106 Haiti 1.03 2010 up 9.6% rising
107 Eswatini 0.97 2010 down 27.1% volatile
108 Bahrain 0.96 2010 up 100.0% volatile
109 Egypt 0.91 2010 up 33.8% volatile
110 Syria 0.8 2010 up 9.6% volatile
111 India 0.77 2010 up 24.2% rising
111 Kenya 0.77 2010 up 20.3% rising
113 Mali 0.73 2010 up 1,725.0% volatile
114 Tanzania 0.66 2010 up 1.5% rising
115 Gambia 0.64 2010 up 20.8% rising
115 Pakistan 0.64 2010 up 68.4% volatile
117 Malawi 0.61 2010 up 22.0% rising
118 Cameroon 0.54 2010 up 86.2% rising
119 Togo 0.49 2010 up 32.4% volatile
120 Liberia 0.46 2010 down 13.2% rising
121 Central African Republic 0.37 2010 down 5.1% rising
121 Cambodia 0.37 2010 up 23.3% volatile
121 Laos 0.37 2010 up 94.7% rising
121 Libya 0.37 2010 up 236.4% volatile
125 Sierra Leone 0.34 2010 down 15.0% rising
126 Iraq 0.32 2010 up 146.2% volatile
127 Benin 0.3 2010 up 66.7% rising
128 Maldives 0.29 2010 down 47.3% volatile
129 Congo 0.27 2010 up 35.0% rising
129 Tunisia 0.27 2010 up 35.0% rising
131 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.25 2010 up 127.3% volatile
131 Algeria 0.25 2010 up 92.3% volatile
133 Morocco 0.23 2010 down 8.0% rising
134 Cote d'Ivoire 0.22 2010 up 57.1% volatile
135 Sudan 0.19 2010 up 46.2% volatile
136 Burundi 0.18 2010 up 200.0% volatile
137 Nepal 0.17 2010 up 13.3% volatile
137 Papua New Guinea 0.17 2010 up 6.2% rising
139 Rwanda 0.15 2010 up 50.0% flat
140 Niger 0.1 2010 up 11.1% rising
140 Senegal 0.1 2010 down 74.4% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.07 2010 up 16.7% volatile
143 Afghanistan 0.04 2010 up 33.3% volatile
144 Yemen 0.02 2010 unchanged rising

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 75+, 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
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Average years of total schooling, 75+, female is the average years of education completed among females over age 75.