Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Canada
Canada: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total was 1.92 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Canada, 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 30-34, total in Canada stood at 1.92. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Canada peaked at 1.92 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.5, in 1960.
Canada ranks 6th 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 Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.5 | — |
| 1965 | 0.51 | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.77 | +51.0% |
| 1975 | 1.14 | +48.1% |
| 1980 | 1.41 | +23.7% |
| 1985 | 0.74 | -47.5% |
| 1990 | 0.8 | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 0.87 | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 1.2 | +37.9% |
| 2005 | 1.85 | +54.2% |
| 2010 | 1.92 | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.505 | 0.5 | 0.51 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.955 | 0.77 | 1.14 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.07 | 0.74 | 1.41 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.835 | 0.8 | 0.87 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.52 | 1.2 | 1.85 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.92 | 1.92 | 1.92 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More education data for Canada
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 141,045 (2000)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Canada?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Canada was 1.92 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.92 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 in 1960.
- How does Canada rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total?
- Canada ranks 6th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.