Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Portugal
Portugal: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total was 5.98 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Portugal, 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 Portugal is 5.98, 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 Portugal peaked at 5.98 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4.22, in 1965.
That places Portugal 20th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
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, total in Portugal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.62 | — |
| 1965 | 4.22 | -8.7% |
| 1970 | 4.28 | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 4.64 | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 5.88 | +26.7% |
| 1985 | 5.81 | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 5.95 | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 5.76 | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 5.98 | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 5.96 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 5.98 | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.42 | 4.22 | 4.62 | 2 |
| 1970s | 4.46 | 4.28 | 4.64 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.84 | 5.81 | 5.88 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.86 | 5.76 | 5.95 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.97 | 5.96 | 5.98 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.98 | 5.98 | 5.98 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More education data for Portugal
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 11,380 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 136,282 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 128,743 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 741,752 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 598,661 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0566 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, total in Portugal?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Portugal was 5.98 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 5.98 in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.22 in 1965.
- How does Portugal rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total?
- Portugal ranks 20th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.