Average years of tertiary schooling among females aged 15-19 measures educational attainment for young women globally. The dataset originates from the World Bank's Education Statistics team. It provides a specific demographic lens on human capital development.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in `average_years_of_tertiary_schooling` across countries to assess progress in female higher education access.
- Correlate `average_years_of_tertiary_schooling` for females aged 15-19 with national economic growth indicators.
- Model the relationship between female tertiary education metrics and subsequent labor force participation rates.
- Benchmark national performance on the `average_years_of_tertiary_schooling` indicator against regional peers.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific and policy-relevant demographic group: females aged 15-19.
- Derived from the authoritative World Bank Education Statistics database.
Limitations
- Unknown row count and temporal coverage limit analysis of trends over time.
- Lacks granularity below the national level, masking sub-national disparities.
- Absence of complementary male data for the same age group prevents direct gender gap calculation.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Education Statistics
- Geography
- Global (country-level)