Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Argentina
Argentina: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 9.51 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Argentina, 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 total schooling, age 15+, total in Argentina is 9.51, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Argentina peaked at 9.51 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.67, in 1960.
Argentina ranks 61st of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Argentina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.67 | — |
| 1965 | 5.93 | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 6.31 | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 6.85 | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 7.3 | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 7.85 | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 8.37 | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 8.64 | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 8.73 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 9.38 | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 9.51 | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.8 | 5.67 | 5.93 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.58 | 6.31 | 6.85 | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.57 | 7.3 | 7.85 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.5 | 8.37 | 8.64 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.05 | 8.73 | 9.38 | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.51 | 9.51 | 9.51 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More education data for Argentina
- 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 2,023 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 288,776 (2008)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Argentina?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Argentina was 9.51 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 9.51 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.67 in 1960.
- How does Argentina rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Argentina ranks 61st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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 total schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 15.