Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Israel
Israel: 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 Israel, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Israel 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.
That represents a change of up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Israel peaked at 12.32 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.54, in 1960.
That places Israel 6th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 Israel, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.54 | — |
| 1965 | 7.99 | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 8.66 | +8.4% |
| 1975 | 9.56 | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 10.27 | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 10.49 | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 10.83 | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 11.07 | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 11.34 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 11.47 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 12.32 | +7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.77 | 7.54 | 7.99 | 2 |
| 1970s | 9.11 | 8.66 | 9.56 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.38 | 10.27 | 10.49 | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.95 | 10.83 | 11.07 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.41 | 11.34 | 11.47 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.32 | 12.32 | 12.32 | 1 |
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More education data for Israel
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.7539 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 79,924 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 12,846 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 237,721 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 173,757 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0.2359 % 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 total schooling, age 15+, total in Israel?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Israel 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 Israel?
- 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 Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.54 in 1960.
- How does Israel rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Israel 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 Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.