Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Ireland
Ireland: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total was 7.63 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Ireland, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Ireland stood at 7.63. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Ireland peaked at 7.63 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5, in 1970.
Ireland ranks 10th 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 55-59, total in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.42 | — |
| 1965 | 6.61 | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 5 | -24.4% |
| 1975 | 5.15 | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 5.22 | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 5.35 | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 5.38 | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 5.39 | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 5.43 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 5.69 | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 7.63 | +34.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.52 | 6.42 | 6.61 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.08 | 5 | 5.15 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.29 | 5.22 | 5.35 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.38 | 5.38 | 5.39 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.56 | 5.43 | 5.69 | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.63 | 7.63 | 7.63 | 1 |
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More education data for Ireland
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 223,493 (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 102,720 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -6.21 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 247,231 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.9368 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 35,618 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,544 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 134,541 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.1981 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Ireland?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Ireland was 7.63 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 55-59, total recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 7.63 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 1970.
- How does Ireland rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total?
- Ireland ranks 10th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.5%. 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 55-59, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 55-59, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 55-59.