Italy vs Japan: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary

Italy
44.2%
in 2010
Japan
42.0%
in 2010
Italy rank
34th
Japan rank
37th

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary over time

  • Italy
  • Japan
1020304050196019852010

How they compare

Italy currently reports 44.2% against 42.0% in Japan, a difference of 2.2%.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.

Italy ranks 34th and Japan ranks 37th of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 6.4% 25.5% 19.1% Japan
1970s 10.5% 22.7% 12.2% Japan
1980s 20.8% 35.2% 14.4% Japan
1990s 31.2% 42.5% 11.4% Japan
2000s 38.7% 43.5% 4.8% Japan
2010s 44.2% 42.0% 2.1% Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary, Italy or Japan?
Italy, at 44.2% against 42.0% in Japan as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary between Italy and Japan?
2.2%, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Japan?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Italy and Japan rank globally for barro-lee: percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary?
Italy ranks 34th and Japan ranks 37th of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. 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

Italy vs Japan: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-35-39-with-secondary-schooling-completed-secondary/italy/japan/

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-percentage-of-population-age-35-39-with-secondary-schooling-completed-secondary/italy/japan/">Italy vs Japan: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary
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

Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary