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

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

Countries reporting
140
Highest
12.92
Switzerland
Lowest
0.02
Yemen
Median
3.98
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 75+, total is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 12.92 in Switzerland; the lowest is 0.02 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.98, and the mean is 4.69.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 646.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 292.3%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 78.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Switzerland 12.92 2010 up 115.3% rising
2 Czechia 12.8 2010 up 5.8% rising
3 United States 12.49 2010 up 3.1% rising
4 Slovakia 11.84 2010 up 12.2% rising
5 Germany 11.4 2010 up 36.4% rising
6 Hungary 11.3 2010 up 6.4% rising
7 Estonia 11.16 2010 up 14.0% rising
8 Norway 11.06 2010 up 25.5% rising
9 Belize 10.78 2010 up 37.0% rising
10 Slovenia 10.71 2010 up 1.7% rising
11 Australia 10.32 2010 up 9.7% rising
12 Bulgaria 10.26 2010 up 109.8% rising
13 United Kingdom 10.01 2010 up 34.0% rising
14 Israel 9.82 2010 up 2.3% rising
15 New Zealand 9.79 2010 down 9.0% rising
16 Canada 9.75 2010 up 13.2% rising
17 Netherlands 9.64 2010 up 2.2% rising
18 Finland 9.49 2010 up 73.2% rising
19 Luxembourg 9.12 2010 up 22.9% rising
19 Sweden 9.12 2010 down 2.1% rising
21 Croatia 9.01 2010 up 32.3% rising
22 Barbados 8.58 2010 down 3.2% rising
23 Japan 8.44 2010 up 12.8% rising
23 Latvia 8.44 2010 up 13.0% rising
25 Poland 8.38 2010 up 22.0% rising
26 Argentina 8.37 2010 up 28.0% rising
27 Armenia 8.28 2010 up 3.9% rising
28 Kazakhstan 8.04 2010 up 27.4% volatile
29 Denmark 8.01 2010 up 20.3% rising
30 Ireland 7.91 2010 up 18.9% rising
31 Tonga 7.8 2010 up 3.9% rising
32 Belgium 7.74 2010 up 6.9% rising
33 Tajikistan 7.66 2010 up 5.1% rising
34 Austria 7.57 2010 up 5.4% rising
35 Ukraine 7.54 2010 down 2.7% rising
36 France 7.28 2010 down 9.0% rising
37 Iceland 7.26 2010 up 16.2% rising
38 Trinidad and Tobago 7.13 2010 up 13.4% rising
39 Russia 7.05 2010 up 7.0% rising
40 Spain 6.98 2010 up 60.1% volatile
41 Romania 6.94 2010 up 4.8% rising
42 Kyrgyzstan 6.87 2010 up 51.3% rising
43 Lithuania 6.61 2010 up 59.3% rising
44 Sri Lanka 6.57 2010 up 12.7% rising
45 Malta 6.24 2010 down 1.9% rising
46 Chile 6.16 2010 down 8.3% rising
47 Vietnam 6.08 2010 up 64.3% rising
48 Moldova 6 2010 up 60.4% rising
49 Greece 5.91 2010 up 44.5% rising
49 Jamaica 5.91 2010 up 13.9% rising
51 Cyprus 5.9 2010 up 40.8% rising
52 Fiji 5.72 2010 down 1.4% rising
52 Uruguay 5.72 2010 down 12.8% rising
54 South Africa 5.64 2010 down 33.1% rising
55 Albania 5.59 2010 down 28.1% volatile
56 Serbia 5.15 2010 down 2.6% rising
58 South Korea 4.96 2010 up 94.5% volatile
58 Macao 4.96 2010 up 62.6% rising
60 Mongolia 4.81 2010 up 28.3% volatile
61 Costa Rica 4.79 2010 up 12.4% rising
62 Italy 4.69 2010 down 5.4% rising
63 Colombia 4.52 2010 up 32.9% rising
64 Guyana 4.49 2010 up 3.0% rising
65 Philippines 4.39 2010 down 30.2% rising
66 Iran 4.37 2010 up 66.2% volatile
67 Mauritius 4.29 2010 down 45.0% rising
68 Zimbabwe 4.23 2010 down 41.8% volatile
69 El Salvador 4.13 2010 up 111.8% rising
70 Peru 4.1 2010 down 8.1% rising
71 Brazil 4.01 2010 up 42.7% rising
73 Saudi Arabia 3.96 2010 up 9.7% rising
74 Paraguay 3.95 2010 down 2.5% rising
75 Cuba 3.84 2010 up 7.9% rising
76 Jordan 3.74 2010 up 65.5% volatile
76 Qatar 3.74 2010 up 136.7% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 3.73 2010 down 9.7% rising
79 Kuwait 3.7 2010 up 70.5% volatile
80 Bangladesh 3.5 2010 down 32.7% volatile
81 Brunei 3.41 2010 up 66.3% rising
82 Venezuela 3.29 2010 up 20.5% rising
84 United Arab Emirates 3.24 2010 up 66.2% volatile
85 Ecuador 3.17 2010 down 22.7% rising
86 Lesotho 3.16 2010 down 1.2% rising
87 China 3.1 2010 up 34.8% volatile
88 Botswana 3.06 2010 up 56.1% rising
89 Turkey 2.74 2010 up 10.5% volatile
90 Namibia 2.72 2010 up 38.8% rising
91 Thailand 2.65 2010 up 69.9% volatile
92 Bolivia 2.63 2010 down 71.7% volatile
93 Indonesia 2.57 2010 up 42.8% volatile
95 Portugal 2.48 2010 down 7.1% rising
96 Ghana 2.4 2010 up 62.2% volatile
97 Zambia 2.36 2010 up 2.2% rising
98 Bahrain 2.35 2010 up 104.3% volatile
99 Malaysia 2.34 2010 down 78.6% volatile
100 Nicaragua 2.3 2010 up 8.0% rising
101 Uganda 2.19 2010 down 47.7% volatile
102 Egypt 2.18 2010 up 29.0% volatile
103 India 2.07 2010 up 22.5% rising
104 Honduras 2.02 2010 down 2.9% rising
105 Pakistan 1.97 2010 up 93.1% volatile
106 Guatemala 1.87 2010 down 3.1% rising
107 Haiti 1.77 2010 up 24.6% rising
108 Kenya 1.7 2010 up 26.9% rising
108 Mauritania 1.7 2010 up 10.4% rising
110 Syria 1.68 2010 down 1.8% volatile
111 Tanzania 1.59 2010 up 1.3% rising
112 Laos 1.37 2010 up 57.5% rising
113 Cameroon 1.35 2010 up 57.0% volatile
114 Cambodia 1.29 2010 up 19.4% volatile
115 Libya 1.26 2010 up 110.0% volatile
116 Malawi 1.12 2010 up 23.1% rising
117 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.05 2010 up 43.8% volatile
117 Myanmar 1.05 2010 up 25.0% rising
117 Eswatini 1.05 2010 down 11.8% rising
120 Gambia 1.02 2010 up 17.2% rising
121 Liberia 0.97 2010 down 14.2% rising
122 Congo 0.96 2010 up 92.0% rising
123 Tunisia 0.92 2010 up 33.3% rising
124 Cote d'Ivoire 0.86 2010 up 45.8% rising
125 Iraq 0.85 2010 up 117.9% volatile
126 Togo 0.81 2010 up 3.8% volatile
127 Gabon 0.8 2010 up 45.5% rising
128 Benin 0.68 2010 up 100.0% rising
129 Burundi 0.65 2010 up 140.7% rising
129 Central African Republic 0.65 2010 up 18.2% rising
129 Sierra Leone 0.65 2010 up 12.1% rising
132 Sudan 0.64 2010 up 25.5% rising
133 Algeria 0.63 2010 up 37.0% rising
134 Nepal 0.59 2010 up 13.5% volatile
135 Morocco 0.54 2010 up 38.5% rising
135 Rwanda 0.54 2010 up 92.9% volatile
137 Mali 0.51 2010 up 292.3% volatile
138 Niger 0.47 2010 up 6.8% rising
139 Papua New Guinea 0.42 2010 up 44.8% rising
140 Senegal 0.4 2010 down 52.4% falling
141 Afghanistan 0.39 2010 up 77.3% volatile
142 Maldives 0.36 2010 down 47.1% volatile
143 Mozambique 0.23 2010 up 35.3% falling
144 Yemen 0.02 2010 unchanged rising

About this data

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