Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total in Cyprus
Cyprus: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total was 6 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total in Cyprus, 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 20-24, total in Cyprus is 6, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total in Cyprus peaked at 6 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.32, in 1960.
Cyprus ranks 17th of 144 countries on this measure, 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 20-24, total in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.32 | — |
| 1965 | 5.5 | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 5.55 | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 5.61 | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 5.64 | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 5.94 | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 5.96 | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 5.95 | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 5.96 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.93 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 6 | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.41 | 5.32 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.58 | 5.55 | 5.61 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.79 | 5.64 | 5.94 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.96 | 5.95 | 5.96 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.95 | 5.93 | 5.96 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
- 14 Botswana 6.88 compare
- 15 South Africa 6.79 compare
- 16 Zimbabwe 6.74 compare
- 17 Finland 6 compare
- 17 Hong Kong, China 6 compare
- 20 Australia 5.99 compare
- 20 Ireland 5.99 compare
- 20 Republic of Korea 5.99 compare
- 20 Malta 5.99 compare
- 20 Switzerland 5.99 compare
- 20 United States of America 5.99 compare
More education data for Cyprus
- 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 5,389 (2023)
- 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 69.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.1% (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 20-24, total in Cyprus?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total in Cyprus was 6 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 20-24, total recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.32 in 1960.
- How does Cyprus rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Cyprus ranks 17th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus 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 20-24, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 20-24.