Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Canada

Canada: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total was 1.52 in 2010. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2010)
1.52
World rank
4th
of 144 countries
All-time high
1.52
in 2010
All-time low
0.4
in 1965
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Canada, 1960–2010

0.50.7511.21.51960198520101960: 0.421965: 0.41970: 0.421975: 0.411980: 0.51985: 0.51990: 0.671995: 0.882000: 0.922005: 1.42010: 1.5

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Canada is 1.52, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 65.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Canada peaked at 1.52 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.4, in 1965.

Canada ranks 4th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Canada, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Canada, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 0.42
1965 0.4 -4.8%
1970 0.42 +5.0%
1975 0.41 -2.4%
1980 0.5 +22.0%
1985 0.5 +0.0%
1990 0.67 +34.0%
1995 0.88 +31.3%
2000 0.92 +4.5%
2005 1.39 +51.1%
2010 1.52 +9.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.41 0.4 0.42 2
1970s 0.415 0.41 0.42 2
1980s 0.5 0.5 0.5 2
1990s 0.775 0.67 0.88 2
2000s 1.16 0.92 1.39 2
2010s 1.52 1.52 1.52 1

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 1 Russian Federation 1.9 compare
  2. 2 United States of America 1.79 compare
  3. 3 Ukraine 1.56 compare
  4. 5 Israel 1.49 compare
  5. 6 Ireland 1.4 compare
  6. 6 Republic of Korea 1.4 compare

See the full ranking of 144 places →

More education data for Canada

All data for Canada →

Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Canada?
Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Canada was 1.52 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 Canada?
The highest recorded value was 1.52 in 2010.
What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4 in 1965.
How does Canada rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total?
Canada ranks 4th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total rising or falling in Canada?
Over the last ten years it is up 65.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
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 45-49, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Canada. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-average-years-of-tertiary-schooling-age-45-49-total/canada/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-average-years-of-tertiary-schooling-age-45-49-total/canada/">Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total in Canada</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 45-49, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed

Average years of tertiary schooling, 45-49, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 45-49.