Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Iceland
Iceland: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female was 6.87 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Iceland, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 6.87 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Iceland peaked at 6.87 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.47, in 1960.
Iceland ranks 5th 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 Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.47 | — |
| 1965 | 5.6 | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 5.71 | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 5.72 | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 5.69 | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 5.71 | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 5.66 | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 5.9 | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 5.89 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.79 | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 6.87 | +18.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.54 | 5.47 | 5.6 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.71 | 5.71 | 5.72 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.7 | 5.69 | 5.71 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.78 | 5.66 | 5.9 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.84 | 5.79 | 5.89 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.87 | 6.87 | 6.87 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More education data for Iceland
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,661 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 6,167 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 37,056 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 32,314 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0838 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Iceland?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Iceland was 6.87 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 6.87 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.47 in 1960.
- How does Iceland rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female?
- Iceland ranks 5th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.