Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Israel
Israel: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 6.38 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Israel, 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 Israel stood at 6.38. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Israel peaked at 6.38 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.88, in 1960.
Israel ranks 15th 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+, total in Israel, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.88 | — |
| 1965 | 5 | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 5.06 | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 5.27 | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 5.44 | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 5.5 | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 5.63 | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 5.91 | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 6.14 | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 6.37 | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 6.38 | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.94 | 4.88 | 5 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.16 | 5.06 | 5.27 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.47 | 5.44 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.77 | 5.63 | 5.91 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.25 | 6.14 | 6.37 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.38 | 6.38 | 6.38 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 13 New Zealand 6.41 compare
- 14 Slovenia 6.39 compare
- 16 Switzerland 6.29 compare
- 17 Botswana 6.26 compare
- 18 Norway 6.22 compare
More education data for Israel
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.7539 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 79,924 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 12,846 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 237,721 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 173,757 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0.2359 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Israel?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Israel was 6.38 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 6.38 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.88 in 1960.
- How does Israel rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Israel ranks 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.