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
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 55-59, total in Australia, 1960–2010
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More education data for Australia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 79,796 (1997)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 23,978 (1997)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 781,455 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.12 % 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 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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Average years of tertiary schooling, 55-59, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 55-59.