Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Canada
Canada: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total was 5.11 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Canada, 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 secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Canada is 5.11, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Canada peaked at 5.11 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.62, in 1960.
Canada 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 secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.62 | — |
| 1965 | 2.78 | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 3.09 | +11.2% |
| 1975 | 3.48 | +12.6% |
| 1980 | 3.75 | +7.8% |
| 1985 | 3.76 | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 4.01 | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 4.24 | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 4.38 | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 4.96 | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 5.11 | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.7 | 2.62 | 2.78 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.29 | 3.09 | 3.48 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.76 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.12 | 4.01 | 4.24 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.67 | 4.38 | 4.96 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.11 | 5.11 | 5.11 | 1 |
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More education data for Canada
- 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 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 141,045 (2000)
- 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 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Canada?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Canada was 5.11 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 5.11 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.62 in 1960.
- How does Canada rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Canada ranks 14th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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 secondary schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people over age 15.