Female Tertiary Schooling Years By Country

Average years of tertiary education completed among females over age 15. The Barro-Lee dataset is produced by Education Statistics and provides a long-term perspective on educational attainment. It is a component of the World Bank's data catalog.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in female_tertiary_schooling_years over time for cross-country comparisons.
• Model the relationship between female educational attainment and other development indicators like GDP growth.
• Assess gender parity in education by comparing this female-specific series with corresponding male data.

Strengths

• Provides a standardized metric (average years) for consistent cross-country analysis.
• Part of the established Barro-Lee educational attainment dataset, known for its historical coverage.

Limitations

• Specific row count, time range, and country coverage for this series are unknown.
• Derived from census/survey data which may have varying national collection methodologies.
• Data is an aggregate average, masking distributional details within the female population.

Provenance

Source

World Bank (Barro-Lee dataset), Education Statistics.

Collection Method

Estimated from national census and survey data.

Geography

Cross-country, specific coverage unknown.