Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Iceland
Iceland: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 11.05 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Iceland, 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 Iceland stood at 11.05. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Iceland peaked at 11.05 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.14, in 1960.
That places Iceland 30th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.14 | — |
| 1965 | 6.55 | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 7.01 | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 7.43 | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 7.88 | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 8.33 | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 8.78 | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 9.23 | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 9.67 | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 10.42 | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 11.05 | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.34 | 6.14 | 6.55 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.22 | 7.01 | 7.43 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.11 | 7.88 | 8.33 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9 | 8.78 | 9.23 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.04 | 9.67 | 10.42 | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.05 | 11.05 | 11.05 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More education data for Iceland
- 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 3,568 (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 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Iceland?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Iceland was 11.05 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 11.05 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.14 in 1960.
- How does Iceland rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Iceland ranks 30th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.