Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Norway
Norway: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total was 6.22 in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Norway, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Norway recorded 6.22 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Norway peaked at 6.99 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6.22, in 2010.
Norway ranks 18th of 144 countries on this measure, 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 25+, total in Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.87 | — |
| 1965 | 6.92 | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 6.96 | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 6.87 | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 6.87 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6.93 | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 6.99 | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 6.86 | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 6.75 | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 6.51 | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 6.22 | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.89 | 6.87 | 6.92 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.92 | 6.87 | 6.96 | 2 |
| 1980s | 6.9 | 6.87 | 6.93 | 2 |
| 1990s | 6.93 | 6.86 | 6.99 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.63 | 6.51 | 6.75 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.22 | 6.22 | 6.22 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.54 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Norway?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, 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 25+, total recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 6.99 in 1990.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, 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 25+, total?
- Norway ranks 18th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. 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 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.