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

Latest (2010)
6.79
World rank
9th
of 144 countries
All-time high
6.79
in 2010
All-time low
1.39
in 1960
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Italy, 1960–2010

2461960198520101960: 1.41965: 1.81970: 2.61975: 3.31980: 4.41985: 4.91990: 5.41995: 62000: 6.32005: 6.62010: 6.8

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

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Italy, 1960 to 2010.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 6 Latvia 7.44 compare
  2. 7 Romania 6.96 compare
  3. 8 Hong Kong 6.83 compare
  4. 10 Kyrgyzstan 6.77 compare
  5. 11 Kazakhstan 6.64 compare
  6. 12 Sri Lanka 6.63 compare

See the full ranking of 144 places →

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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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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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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.