Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Canada
Canada: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total was 5.97 in 2010. ▬ Flat
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Canada, 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, total in Canada is 5.97, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Canada peaked at 5.97 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.73, in 1960.
Canada ranks 24th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.73 | — |
| 1965 | 5.76 | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 5.75 | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 5.89 | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 5.93 | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 5.93 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5.95 | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 5.94 | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 5.97 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 5.9 | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 5.97 | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.75 | 5.73 | 5.76 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.82 | 5.75 | 5.89 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.93 | 5.93 | 5.93 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.95 | 5.94 | 5.95 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.94 | 5.9 | 5.97 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.97 | 5.97 | 5.97 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 24 Macau, China 5.97 compare
- 24 Saudi Arabia 5.97 compare
- 24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.97 compare
More education data for Canada
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 141,045 (2000)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Canada?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Canada was 5.97 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, total recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 5.97 in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.73 in 1960.
- How does Canada rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total?
- Canada ranks 24th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Canada 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, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15-19, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 15-19.