Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total in Australia

Australia: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total was 0.99 in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
0.99
World rank
9th
of 144 countries
All-time high
0.99
in 2010
All-time low
0.38
in 1980
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total in Australia, 1960–2010

00.20.40.60.811960198520101960: 0.411965: 0.51970: 0.581975: 0.521980: 0.381985: 0.431990: 0.51995: 0.612000: 0.692005: 0.882010: 0.99

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 55-59, total in Australia is 0.99, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is up 43.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total in Australia peaked at 0.99 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.38, in 1980.

Australia ranks 9th 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 55-59, total in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total in Australia, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 0.41
1965 0.5 +22.0%
1970 0.58 +16.0%
1975 0.52 -10.3%
1980 0.38 -26.9%
1985 0.43 +13.2%
1990 0.5 +16.3%
1995 0.61 +22.0%
2000 0.69 +13.1%
2005 0.88 +27.5%
2010 0.99 +12.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.455 0.41 0.5 2
1970s 0.55 0.52 0.58 2
1980s 0.405 0.38 0.43 2
1990s 0.555 0.5 0.61 2
2000s 0.785 0.69 0.88 2
2010s 0.99 0.99 0.99 1

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 6 Estonia 1.19 compare
  2. 7 Ireland 1.04 compare
  3. 8 New Zealand 1.01 compare
  4. 9 Switzerland 0.99 compare
  5. 11 Denmark 0.92 compare
  6. 12 Finland 0.89 compare
  7. 12 Sweden 0.89 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total in Australia?
Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total in Australia was 0.99 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 55-59, total recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 0.99 in 2010.
What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.38 in 1980.
How does Australia rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total?
Australia ranks 9th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is up 43.5%. 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 55-59, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, 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
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 55-59, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 55-59.