Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Indonesia
Indonesia: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 5.1 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Indonesia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Indonesia stood at 5.1. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Indonesia peaked at 5.1 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.43, in 1960.
Indonesia ranks 66th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.43 | — |
| 1965 | 1.95 | +36.4% |
| 1970 | 2.51 | +28.7% |
| 1975 | 2.75 | +9.6% |
| 1980 | 3.05 | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 2.96 | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 2.97 | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 3.51 | +18.2% |
| 2000 | 4.05 | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 4.63 | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 5.1 | +10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.69 | 1.43 | 1.95 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.63 | 2.51 | 2.75 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3 | 2.96 | 3.05 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.24 | 2.97 | 3.51 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.34 | 4.05 | 4.63 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More education data for Indonesia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.51 million (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Indonesia?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Indonesia was 5.1 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+, total recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.1 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.43 in 1960.
- How does Indonesia rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Indonesia ranks 66th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 15.