Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, total in Greece
Greece: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, total was 4.74 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, total in Greece, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Greece recorded 4.74 for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, total in Greece peaked at 4.74 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.43, in 1975.
Greece ranks 32nd of 144 countries on this measure, 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 40-44, total in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.92 | — |
| 1965 | 1.83 | -37.3% |
| 1970 | 1.68 | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 1.43 | -14.9% |
| 1980 | 1.69 | +18.2% |
| 1985 | 1.88 | +11.2% |
| 1990 | 3.05 | +62.2% |
| 1995 | 3.11 | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 3.65 | +17.4% |
| 2005 | 4.46 | +22.2% |
| 2010 | 4.74 | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.38 | 1.83 | 2.92 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.55 | 1.43 | 1.68 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.78 | 1.69 | 1.88 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.08 | 3.05 | 3.11 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.05 | 3.65 | 4.46 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.74 | 4.74 | 4.74 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.0062 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 53,465 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 17,215 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 433,746 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.1304 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 439,136 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1162 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, total in Greece?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, total in Greece was 4.74 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 40-44, total recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 4.74 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, total recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.43 in 1975.
- How does Greece rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, total?
- Greece ranks 32nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, total rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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 40-44, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 40-44, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 40-44.