Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female in Ireland
Ireland: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female was 7.91 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female in Ireland, 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 40-44, female in Ireland is 7.91, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female in Ireland peaked at 7.91 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.31, in 1970.
Ireland ranks 14th 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 40-44, female in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.85 | — |
| 1965 | 7.06 | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 5.31 | -24.8% |
| 1975 | 5.37 | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 5.55 | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 5.57 | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 5.69 | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 7.59 | +33.4% |
| 2000 | 7.67 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 7.89 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 7.91 | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.96 | 6.85 | 7.06 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.34 | 5.31 | 5.37 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.56 | 5.55 | 5.57 | 2 |
| 1990s | 6.64 | 5.69 | 7.59 | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.78 | 7.67 | 7.89 | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.91 | 7.91 | 7.91 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More education data for Ireland
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 32,531 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,942 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 52,745 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49,975 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 456,625 (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 548,873 (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.49 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1053 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female in Ireland?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female in Ireland was 7.91 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 40-44, female recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 7.91 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.31 in 1970.
- How does Ireland rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female?
- Ireland ranks 14th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland 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 40-44, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 40-44, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 40-44.