Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Australia
Australia: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total was 1.26 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Australia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Australia stood at 1.26. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Australia peaked at 1.26 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.58, in 1960.
Australia ranks 9th of 144 countries on this measure, 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 25+, total in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.58 | — |
| 1965 | 0.62 | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 0.71 | +14.5% |
| 1975 | 0.64 | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 0.68 | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 0.76 | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 0.81 | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 0.86 | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 0.81 | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 0.98 | +21.0% |
| 2010 | 1.26 | +28.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6 | 0.58 | 0.62 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.675 | 0.64 | 0.71 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.72 | 0.68 | 0.76 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.835 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.895 | 0.81 | 0.98 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.26 | 1.26 | 1.26 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More education data for Australia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 105,469 (1999)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.61 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Australia?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Australia was 1.26 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 25+, total recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.26 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.58 in 1960.
- How does Australia rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total?
- Australia ranks 9th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 25+, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people over age 25.