Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, total in Sweden
Sweden: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, total was 5.44 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, total in Sweden, 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 50-54, total in Sweden is 5.44, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, total in Sweden peaked at 5.44 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.38, in 1960.
Sweden ranks 19th 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 50-54, total in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.38 | — |
| 1965 | 1.43 | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 2.19 | +53.1% |
| 1975 | 2.92 | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 3.61 | +23.6% |
| 1985 | 3.7 | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 4.03 | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 5.13 | +27.3% |
| 2000 | 5.23 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 5.28 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 5.44 | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.4 | 1.38 | 1.43 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.55 | 2.19 | 2.92 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.66 | 3.61 | 3.7 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.58 | 4.03 | 5.13 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.26 | 5.23 | 5.28 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.44 | 5.44 | 5.44 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 987,895 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0594 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 512,024 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0813 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 475,871 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2103 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 458,336 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, total in Sweden?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, total in Sweden was 5.44 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 50-54, total recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 5.44 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, total recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.38 in 1960.
- How does Sweden rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, total?
- Sweden ranks 19th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 50-54, total rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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 50-54, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 50-54, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 50-54.