Average years of total schooling completed among people aged 35-39. The dataset is produced by Education Statistics, likely sourced from the World Bank. It provides a cross-country measure of educational attainment for a specific age cohort.
Use Cases
- Analyze correlation between average_years_of_schooling and national GDP per capita across countries.
- Compare educational attainment trends across different country groups using the age_35-39 cohort metric.
- Model the impact of historical education policies on current adult skill levels using this proxy measure.
- Benchmark a country's human capital development against regional peers using this standardized indicator.
Strengths
- Provides a standardized metric (average years of schooling) for international comparison.
- Focuses on a specific, economically active age cohort (35-39).
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
- The metric aggregates individual data, masking distribution and inequality within the cohort.
- Data collection methodology and potential country-level reporting differences are unspecified.
Provenance
- Source
- Education Statistics, likely via the World Bank.
- Collection Method
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- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Global, covering multiple countries.