Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Macao
Macao: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total was 0.55 in 2010. ◆ Volatile
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Macao, 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 tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Macao is 0.55, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 83.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Macao peaked at 0.55 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.03, in 1960.
Macao ranks 48th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Macao, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.03 | — |
| 1965 | 0.03 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.04 | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 0.08 | +100.0% |
| 1980 | 0.11 | +37.5% |
| 1985 | 0.15 | +36.4% |
| 1990 | 0.18 | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 0.26 | +44.4% |
| 2000 | 0.3 | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 0.37 | +23.3% |
| 2010 | 0.55 | +48.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.26 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.335 | 0.3 | 0.37 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More education data for Macao
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 25,400 (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 30,211 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 11.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 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 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Macao?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Macao was 0.55 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 0.55 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 in 1960.
- How does Macao rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Macao ranks 48th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 83.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Macao 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 tertiary schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people over age 15.