Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Argentina
Argentina: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total was 6.61 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Argentina, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 6.61 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Argentina peaked at 6.61 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.6, in 1960.
Argentina ranks 12th 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 25+, total in Argentina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.6 | — |
| 1965 | 4.77 | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 4.96 | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 5.23 | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 5.33 | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 5.69 | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 5.81 | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 6.06 | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 6.18 | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 6.54 | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 6.61 | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.68 | 4.6 | 4.77 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.1 | 4.96 | 5.23 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.51 | 5.33 | 5.69 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.93 | 5.81 | 6.06 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.36 | 6.18 | 6.54 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.61 | 6.61 | 6.61 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More education data for Argentina
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 288,776 (2008)
- 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 66.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.0% (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 25+, total in Argentina?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Argentina was 6.61 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+, total recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 6.61 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6 in 1960.
- How does Argentina rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total?
- Argentina ranks 12th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 25+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 25.