Average years of secondary schooling completed among people aged 20-24. The dataset provides a demographic-specific metric for secondary education attainment. It is produced by Education Statistics.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in the average_years_of_secondary_schooling metric over time to assess education policy effectiveness.
- Compare the average_years_of_secondary_schooling across different countries or regions to identify disparities.
- Correlate the average_years_of_secondary_schooling for the 20-24 age group with economic indicators like youth unemployment rates.
- Use the age_20-24 demographic filter to study cohort-specific educational progress and its long-term societal impact.
Strengths
- Focuses on a key demographic (age 20-24) for measuring recent secondary education completion.
- Provides a standardized metric (average years) for cross-country and temporal comparison.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
- Lacks granularity below the national level and does not include gender or socioeconomic breakdowns.
- Data freshness and update frequency are unspecified.
Provenance
- Source
- Education Statistics
- Geography
- Country-level (implied from World Bank platform)