Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Sweden
Sweden: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total was 1.37 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Sweden, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 1.37 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 53.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Sweden peaked at 1.37 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.31, in 1960.
That places Sweden 19th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.31 | — |
| 1965 | 0.31 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.38 | +22.6% |
| 1975 | 0.66 | +73.7% |
| 1980 | 0.89 | +34.8% |
| 1985 | 0.93 | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 0.86 | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 0.89 | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 0.89 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.19 | +33.7% |
| 2010 | 1.37 | +15.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.52 | 0.38 | 0.66 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.91 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.875 | 0.86 | 0.89 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.04 | 0.89 | 1.19 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.37 | 1.37 | 1.37 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 17 New Zealand 1.42 compare
- 18 Netherlands 1.4 compare
- 20 Spain 1.35 compare
- 21 United Kingdom 1.32 compare
- 22 Estonia 1.31 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 30-34, total in Sweden?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total in Sweden was 1.37 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.37 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.31 in 1960.
- How does Sweden rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total?
- Sweden ranks 19th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 30-34, total rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.9%. 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 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.