Netherlands vs Spain: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, total

Netherlands
5.18
in 2010
Spain
5.07
in 2010
Netherlands rank
31st
Spain rank
34th

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, total over time

  • Netherlands
  • Spain
012345196019852010

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 5.18 against 5.07 in Spain, a difference of 0.11.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 31st and Spain ranks 34th of 144 countries.

Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 1.13 0.355 0.775 Netherlands
1970s 2.99 0.725 2.26 Netherlands
1980s 4.07 1.84 2.23 Netherlands
1990s 4.66 3.16 1.5 Netherlands
2000s 4.88 4.72 0.165 Netherlands
2010s 5.18 5.07 0.11 Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, total, Netherlands or Spain?
Netherlands, at 5.18 against 5.07 in Spain as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, total between Netherlands and Spain?
0.11, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Spain?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Netherlands and Spain rank globally for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, total?
Netherlands ranks 31st and Spain ranks 34th of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, total. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Netherlands vs Spain: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, total. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-average-years-of-secondary-schooling-age-35-39-total/netherlands/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-average-years-of-secondary-schooling-age-35-39-total/netherlands/spain/">Netherlands vs Spain: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, total</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed

Average years of secondary schooling, 35-39, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 35-39.