Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total in Greece
Greece: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total was 4 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total in Greece, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total in Greece stood at 4. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total in Greece peaked at 4 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.18, in 1980.
Greece ranks 35th 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 45-49, total in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.01 | — |
| 1965 | 1.83 | -9.0% |
| 1970 | 1.55 | -15.3% |
| 1975 | 1.43 | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 1.18 | -17.5% |
| 1985 | 1.88 | +59.3% |
| 1990 | 1.99 | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 2.73 | +37.2% |
| 2000 | 3.22 | +17.9% |
| 2005 | 3.52 | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 4 | +13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.92 | 1.83 | 2.01 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.49 | 1.43 | 1.55 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.53 | 1.18 | 1.88 | 2 |
| 1990s | 2.36 | 1.99 | 2.73 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.37 | 3.22 | 3.52 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- 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)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 70,680 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total in Greece?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total in Greece was 4 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 45-49, total recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 4 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.18 in 1980.
- How does Greece rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total?
- Greece ranks 35th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 45-49, total rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. 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 45-49, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 45-49, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 45-49.