Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Switzerland
Switzerland: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total was 0.95 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Switzerland, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 0.95 for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 79.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Switzerland peaked at 0.95 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.3, in 1965.
That places Switzerland 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.31 | — |
| 1965 | 0.3 | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.31 | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.33 | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 0.4 | +21.2% |
| 1990 | 0.47 | +17.5% |
| 1995 | 0.53 | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 0.53 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.68 | +28.3% |
| 2010 | 0.95 | +39.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.305 | 0.3 | 0.31 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.305 | 0.3 | 0.31 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.365 | 0.33 | 0.4 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.5 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.605 | 0.53 | 0.68 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 13 New Zealand 0.97 compare
- 14 Iceland 0.96 compare
- 15 Greece 0.95 compare
- 17 Luxembourg 0.93 compare
- 18 Belgium 0.9 compare
More education data for Switzerland
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.488 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 48,721 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9,628 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 173,465 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.7668 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 163,838 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0.1945 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Switzerland?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total in Switzerland was 0.95 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.95 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3 in 1965.
- How does Switzerland rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Switzerland ranks 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 79.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.