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Productivity vs. educational attainment, 2010

Figure illustrates educational attainment (average years of total education) versus productivity (GDP per hour worked).

Educational Attainment (average years of total education) (Barro Lee Education Dataset (2010))5678910111213Productivity(GDPperhourworked)ChinaChinaIndiaIndiaUnited StatesUnited StatesPakistanPakistanRussiaRussiaMexicoMexicoVietnamVietnamFranceFranceItalyItalySpainSpainTaiwanTaiwanIrelandIrelandAfricaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth America

Source: Feenstra et al. (2015) Penn World Tables 9.1, Barro Lee Education Dataset (2010), Population (Gapminder, HYDE(2016) & UN (2019))