Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Canada
Canada: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total was 5.18 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, 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 25+, total in Canada is 5.18, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Canada peaked at 5.18 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.45, in 1960.
Canada ranks 13th 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 25+, total in Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.45 | — |
| 1965 | 2.58 | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 2.79 | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 3.19 | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 3.57 | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 3.69 | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 3.97 | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 4.18 | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 4.39 | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 5 | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 5.18 | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.52 | 2.45 | 2.58 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.99 | 2.79 | 3.19 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.63 | 3.57 | 3.69 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.08 | 3.97 | 4.18 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.7 | 4.39 | 5 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.18 | 5.18 | 5.18 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More education data for Canada
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Canada?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Canada was 5.18 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 25+, total recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 5.18 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.45 in 1960.
- How does Canada rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total?
- Canada ranks 13th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. 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 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 25+, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people over age 25.