Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total in Sweden
Sweden: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total was 5.88 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total in Sweden, 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 60-64, total in Sweden stood at 5.88. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total in Sweden peaked at 5.88 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.9, in 1960.
Sweden ranks 19th 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 60-64, total in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.9 | — |
| 1965 | 5 | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 5.2 | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 5.32 | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 5.42 | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 5.42 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5.48 | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 5.63 | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 5.63 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5.82 | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 5.88 | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.95 | 4.9 | 5 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.26 | 5.2 | 5.32 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.42 | 5.42 | 5.42 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.55 | 5.48 | 5.63 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.72 | 5.63 | 5.82 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.88 | 5.88 | 5.88 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total in Sweden?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total in Sweden was 5.88 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 60-64, total recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 5.88 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9 in 1960.
- How does Sweden rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total?
- Sweden ranks 19th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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 60-64, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 60-64, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 60-64.