Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female in Iceland
Iceland: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female was 5 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female in Iceland, 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 35-39, female in Iceland is 5, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female in Iceland peaked at 5 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.73, in 1960.
That places Iceland 36th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.73 | — |
| 1965 | 1.4 | +91.8% |
| 1970 | 1.41 | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 2.11 | +49.6% |
| 1980 | 2.59 | +22.7% |
| 1985 | 3.15 | +21.6% |
| 1990 | 4.03 | +27.9% |
| 1995 | 3.96 | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 4.39 | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 4.89 | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 5 | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.06 | 0.73 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.76 | 1.41 | 2.11 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.87 | 2.59 | 3.15 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4 | 3.96 | 4.03 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.64 | 4.39 | 4.89 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More education data for Iceland
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 6,167 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 37,056 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 32,314 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0838 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 32,314 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.17 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female in Iceland?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female in Iceland was 5 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 35-39, female recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.73 in 1960.
- How does Iceland rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female?
- Iceland ranks 36th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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 35-39, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 35-39, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 35-39.