Average Years of Primary Education for Adults Aged 45-49

Barro-Lee data provides the average years of primary schooling completed among the population aged 45-49. The dataset is compiled by Education Statistics, likely from national census and survey sources. The specific temporal coverage and number of countries covered are not provided.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between average_years_of_primary_schooling and national GDP growth metrics across countries.
• Model the impact of cohort-specific education levels (age 45-49) on labor force participation rates.
• Compare historical primary education attainment (age 45-49) across different world regions for cross-country benchmarking.

Strengths

• Provides a specific, standardized metric (average years) for a defined demographic cohort.
• Likely derived from authoritative national census and survey data sources.

Limitations

• Data scope is limited to a single age cohort (45-49), not the full population.
• The exact number of countries, rows, and temporal coverage are unknown, limiting reproducibility.
• Contains only one aggregated metric, lacking individual-level or subnational data.

Provenance

Source

Education Statistics (likely within the World Bank)

Collection Method

Aggregated from national census and survey data.

Geography

Global coverage of countries, but specific list unknown.