Female Tertiary Schooling Years For Adults Over 25

Barro-Lee data provides a global measure of female tertiary education attainment. It contains the average years of tertiary schooling completed by females aged 25 and older. The dataset is maintained by Education Statistics.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in average_years_of_tertiary_schooling over time to assess progress in female higher education.
• Compare female_tertiary_years across different countries or regions to identify geographic disparities.
• Correlate female tertiary attainment metrics with other socioeconomic indicators for policy impact studies.

Strengths

• Provides a standardized metric (average years) for cross-country comparison.
• Focuses on a specific demographic (females aged 25+), enabling targeted gender analysis.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Data granularity (e.g., sub-national breakdowns) is unspecified and likely limited.
• Relies on national statistical reporting, which may vary in methodology and accuracy.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Aggregated from national census and survey data.

Geography

Global country-level data.