Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Australia
Australia: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female was 6.99 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Australia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Australia is 6.99, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Australia peaked at 6.99 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.62, in 1960.
Australia ranks 2nd of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.62 | — |
| 1965 | 5.82 | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 5.93 | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 5.76 | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 5.98 | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 5.83 | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 5.82 | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 5.78 | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 5.93 | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 5.99 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 6.99 | +16.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.72 | 5.62 | 5.82 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.84 | 5.76 | 5.93 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.91 | 5.83 | 5.98 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.8 | 5.78 | 5.82 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.96 | 5.93 | 5.99 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.99 | 6.99 | 6.99 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More education data for Australia
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 292,593 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.65 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4362 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0835 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.4362 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Australia?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Australia was 6.99 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.99 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.62 in 1960.
- How does Australia rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female?
- Australia ranks 2nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 15-19.