Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Australia
Australia: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total was 1.17 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, 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 45-49, total in Australia stood at 1.17. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Australia peaked at 1.17 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.5, in 1980.
Australia ranks 11th 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 45-49, total in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.58 | — |
| 1965 | 0.59 | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 0.7 | +18.6% |
| 1975 | 0.62 | -11.4% |
| 1980 | 0.5 | -19.4% |
| 1985 | 0.6 | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 0.76 | +26.7% |
| 1995 | 0.9 | +18.4% |
| 2000 | 0.94 | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 1.06 | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 1.17 | +10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.585 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.55 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.94 | 1.06 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
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 45-49, total in Australia?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Australia was 1.17 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 45-49, total recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 in 1980.
- How does Australia rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total?
- Australia ranks 11th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. 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 45-49, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 45-49, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 45-49.