Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 50-54, total in India
India: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 50-54, total was 2.44 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 50-54, total in India, 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 50-54, total in India is 2.44, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 50-54, total in India peaked at 2.44 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.71, in 1960.
India ranks 119th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 50-54, total in India, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.71 | — |
| 1965 | 0.81 | +14.1% |
| 1970 | 0.85 | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 0.93 | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 1.04 | +11.8% |
| 1985 | 1.19 | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 1.46 | +22.7% |
| 1995 | 1.72 | +17.8% |
| 2000 | 2.01 | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 2.27 | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 2.44 | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.81 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.11 | 1.04 | 1.19 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.59 | 1.46 | 1.72 | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.14 | 2.01 | 2.27 | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.44 | 2.44 | 2.44 | 1 |
Countries ranked near India
More education data for India
- 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 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.19 million (2025)
- 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 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 50-54, total in India?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 50-54, total in India was 2.44 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 50-54, total recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 2.44 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 50-54, total recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.71 in 1960.
- How does India rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 50-54, total?
- India ranks 119th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 50-54, total rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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 50-54, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 50-54, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 50-54.