Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Finland
Finland: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total was 6 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Finland, 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 25-29, total in Finland is 6, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Finland peaked at 6 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3.71, in 1970.
That places Finland 18th 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 25-29, total in Finland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.13 | — |
| 1965 | 5.41 | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 3.71 | -31.4% |
| 1975 | 3.73 | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 5.81 | +55.8% |
| 1985 | 5.78 | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 5.87 | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 5.89 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 5.9 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.92 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 6 | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.27 | 5.13 | 5.41 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.72 | 3.71 | 3.73 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.79 | 5.78 | 5.81 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.88 | 5.87 | 5.89 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.91 | 5.9 | 5.92 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
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More education data for Finland
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 262,477 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 183,354 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 338,808 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 24,571 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,253 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 187,925 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.01 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Finland?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total in Finland 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 25-29, total recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.71 in 1970.
- How does Finland rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total?
- Finland ranks 18th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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 25-29, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 25-29, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 25-29.