Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Norway
Norway: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 6.22 in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Norway, 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 Norway stood at 6.22. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Norway peaked at 6.95 in 1970 and was at its lowest, 6.22, in 2010.
That places Norway 18th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.86 | — |
| 1965 | 6.87 | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 6.95 | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 6.85 | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 6.86 | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 6.84 | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 6.8 | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 6.71 | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 6.64 | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 6.41 | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 6.22 | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.87 | 6.86 | 6.87 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.9 | 6.85 | 6.95 | 2 |
| 1980s | 6.85 | 6.84 | 6.86 | 2 |
| 1990s | 6.75 | 6.71 | 6.8 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.53 | 6.41 | 6.64 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.22 | 6.22 | 6.22 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- 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 51,889 (2024)
- 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 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Norway?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Norway was 6.22 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 6.95 in 1970.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.22 in 2010.
- How does Norway rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Norway ranks 18th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Norway 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.