Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in Sweden
Sweden: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total was 0.3 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in Sweden, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.3 for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in 2010.
That represents a change of down 69.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in Sweden peaked at 0.97 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.12, in 1970.
That places Sweden 66th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.32 | — |
| 1965 | 0.32 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.12 | -62.5% |
| 1975 | 0.5 | +316.7% |
| 1980 | 0.44 | -12.0% |
| 1985 | 0.65 | +47.7% |
| 1990 | 0.74 | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 0.49 | -33.8% |
| 2000 | 0.97 | +98.0% |
| 2005 | 0.33 | -66.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3 | -9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.545 | 0.44 | 0.65 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.615 | 0.49 | 0.74 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.65 | 0.33 | 0.97 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 64 Republic of Moldova 0.32 compare
- 65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.31 compare
- 66 Luxembourg 0.3 compare
- 68 Pakistan 0.29 compare
- 69 Bulgaria 0.28 compare
- 69 Switzerland 0.28 compare
More education data for Sweden
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 58,504 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 13,047 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 300,133 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 194,163 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.4 % 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 20-24, total in Sweden?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in Sweden was 0.3 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 20-24, total recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.97 in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.12 in 1970.
- How does Sweden rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Sweden ranks 66th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.1%. 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 tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 20-24.