Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Japan
Japan: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total was 5.9 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Japan, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Japan recorded 5.9 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 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Japan peaked at 5.9 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.14, in 1960.
That places Japan 26th 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+, total in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.14 | — |
| 1965 | 5.28 | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 5.37 | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 5.5 | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 5.59 | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 5.65 | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 5.71 | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 5.79 | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 5.83 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 5.87 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 5.9 | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.21 | 5.14 | 5.28 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.44 | 5.37 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.62 | 5.59 | 5.65 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.75 | 5.71 | 5.79 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.85 | 5.83 | 5.87 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 24 Netherlands 5.95 compare
- 24 United States of America 5.95 compare
- 27 Australia 5.88 compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.88 compare
- 29 Canada 5.87 compare
More education data for Japan
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 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 440,864 (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 58.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Japan?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Japan was 5.9 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 5.9 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.14 in 1960.
- How does Japan rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total?
- Japan ranks 26th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.