2011. 09. 04 Update

The new version (1.2) is now available!

This version (1.2) improves on the earlier version (1.1) by incorporating recently available census observations and correcting inaccurate estimates of completion ratios.

• The new census data are now available through UNESCO and national statistical offices.

• The census data for the following countries are available through UNESCO: Canada, Fiji, Ghana, Guyana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Maldives, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and United Arab Emirates; while the census data for the following countries are available through their respective statistical offices: Macro SAR, Cote d'Ivoire, Guatemala, Italy, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sri Lanka and United States.

• Some countries have extremely low or high county specific primary/secondary completion ratios. As these imply unusual trends in the completion ratios, we replaced them by the regional specific primary/secondary completion ratios. These countries include: Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo (only F), Hungary, India, Malta, Myanmar, New Zealand, Portugal (only MF), Sierre Leone, United Kingdom and Zambia. 

• A more detailed list of these revisions is available here.

• The version (1.1) released on July 2010 is also available here.

2010. 11. 12 Update

The note on data sources and country-specific information is now available.

2010. 07. 07 Update

Revised version of the Barro-Lee Educational Attainment Dataset is now available!

• The differences in the estimates between this and the previous version are due to some errors in the previous version. These include some data entry, data expansion, completion estimation, and other minor estimation errors. There are only minor differences in the average years of schooling data series between this and the previous version. A more detailed list of these will be uploaded in this site soon.