Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Canada
Canada: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 12.32 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Canada, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Canada recorded 12.32 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Canada peaked at 12.32 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8.36, in 1960.
Canada ranks 6th 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 total schooling, age 15+, total in Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.36 | — |
| 1965 | 8.67 | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 9.14 | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 9.7 | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 10.15 | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 9.94 | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 10.33 | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 10.71 | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 10.95 | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 12.03 | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 12.32 | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.52 | 8.36 | 8.67 | 2 |
| 1970s | 9.42 | 9.14 | 9.7 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.04 | 9.94 | 10.15 | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.52 | 10.33 | 10.71 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.49 | 10.95 | 12.03 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.32 | 12.32 | 12.32 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More education data for Canada
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 141,045 (2000)
- 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 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 95.01 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 95.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Canada?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Canada was 12.32 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 12.32 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.36 in 1960.
- How does Canada rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Canada ranks 6th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 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.