Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Belgium
Belgium: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 10.69 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Belgium, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Belgium stood at 10.69. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Belgium peaked at 10.69 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.95, in 1960.
That places Belgium 39th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.95 | — |
| 1965 | 7.18 | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 7.66 | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 8.03 | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 8.5 | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 8.97 | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 9.43 | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 10 | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 10.29 | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 10.59 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 10.69 | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.06 | 6.95 | 7.18 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.84 | 7.66 | 8.03 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.73 | 8.5 | 8.97 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.71 | 9.43 | 10 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.44 | 10.29 | 10.59 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.69 | 10.69 | 10.69 | 1 |
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More education data for Belgium
- 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 2,022 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 80,763 (2023)
- 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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Belgium?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Belgium was 10.69 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 10.69 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.95 in 1960.
- How does Belgium rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Belgium ranks 39th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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.