Average years of total schooling completed among people aged 25-29. The dataset provides a single metric per country or region, compiled by Education Statistics.
Use Cases
- Analyze the correlation between average_years_of_schooling and national GDP per capita.
- Compare average_years_of_schooling across different countries or regions.
- Track changes in average_years_of_schooling over time for longitudinal development studies.
- Model the impact of education policy reforms on the average_years_of_schooling metric.
Strengths
- Provides a standardized metric for international comparison.
- Focuses on a specific demographic cohort (age 25-29).
Limitations
- Contains only one aggregated metric per observation, limiting multivariate analysis.
- The specific number of countries, time range, and update frequency are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- Education Statistics
- Geography
- Global (country or regional level)