Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Italy
Italy: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total was 6.79 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Italy, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Italy recorded 6.79 for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Italy peaked at 6.79 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.39, in 1960.
Italy ranks 9th 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 20-24, total in Italy, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.39 | — |
| 1965 | 1.84 | +32.4% |
| 1970 | 2.57 | +39.7% |
| 1975 | 3.29 | +28.0% |
| 1980 | 4.37 | +32.8% |
| 1985 | 4.87 | +11.4% |
| 1990 | 5.44 | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 6 | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 6.27 | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 6.59 | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 6.79 | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.61 | 1.39 | 1.84 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.93 | 2.57 | 3.29 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.62 | 4.37 | 4.87 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.72 | 5.44 | 6 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.43 | 6.27 | 6.59 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.79 | 6.79 | 6.79 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More education data for Italy
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.61 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.7347 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 250,961 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.0909 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.22 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.6419 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.38 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8215 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.4 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Italy?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Italy was 6.79 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 20-24, total recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 6.79 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.39 in 1960.
- How does Italy rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Italy ranks 9th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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 20-24, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 20-24.