Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female in Japan
Japan: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female was 5.96 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female in Japan, 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 Japan is 5.96, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female in Japan peaked at 5.96 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.23, in 1960.
Japan ranks 34th of 144 countries on this measure, 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 40-44, female in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.23 | — |
| 1965 | 5.27 | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 5.45 | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 5.48 | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 5.64 | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 5.67 | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 5.84 | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 5.87 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 5.96 | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 5.96 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.96 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.25 | 5.23 | 5.27 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.46 | 5.45 | 5.48 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.65 | 5.64 | 5.67 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.86 | 5.84 | 5.87 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.96 | 5.96 | 5.96 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.96 | 5.96 | 5.96 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 31 Canada 5.97 compare
- 31 Netherlands 5.97 compare
- 31 United States of America 5.97 compare
- 34 Cyprus 5.96 compare
- 34 Greece 5.96 compare
- 34 Hong Kong, China 5.96 compare
- 34 Republic of Korea 5.96 compare
More education data for Japan
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (1999)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.50 million (1999)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.46 million (1999)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.61 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.25 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.01 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0502 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female in Japan?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female in Japan was 5.96 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 5.96 in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.23 in 1960.
- How does Japan rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female?
- Japan ranks 34th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 40-44, female rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 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.