Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Australia
Australia: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total was 1.48 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Australia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1.48 for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 51.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Australia peaked at 1.48 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.73, in 1960.
Australia ranks 15th 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 30-34, total in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.73 | — |
| 1965 | 0.81 | +11.0% |
| 1970 | 0.92 | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 0.84 | -8.7% |
| 1980 | 1 | +19.0% |
| 1985 | 1.21 | +21.0% |
| 1990 | 1.21 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.1 | -9.1% |
| 2000 | 0.98 | -10.9% |
| 2005 | 1.29 | +31.6% |
| 2010 | 1.48 | +14.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.81 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.92 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.1 | 1 | 1.21 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.16 | 1.1 | 1.21 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.14 | 0.98 | 1.29 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.48 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 12 Iceland 1.54 compare
- 13 Luxembourg 1.53 compare
- 14 Belgium 1.5 compare
- 15 Lithuania 1.48 compare
- 17 New Zealand 1.42 compare
- 18 Netherlands 1.4 compare
More education data for Australia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Australia?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Australia was 1.48 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 30-34, total recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.48 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.73 in 1960.
- How does Australia rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total?
- Australia ranks 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.0%. 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 30-34, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 30-34, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 30-34.