Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 10.99 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Luxembourg, 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 Luxembourg is 10.99, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Luxembourg peaked at 10.99 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.21, in 1970.
That places Luxembourg 31st 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 Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.76 | — |
| 1965 | 7.09 | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 6.21 | -12.4% |
| 1975 | 7.92 | +27.5% |
| 1980 | 8.22 | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 8.5 | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 8.91 | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 9.22 | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 9.55 | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 10.26 | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 10.99 | +7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.92 | 6.76 | 7.09 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.06 | 6.21 | 7.92 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.36 | 8.22 | 8.5 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.07 | 8.91 | 9.22 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.91 | 9.55 | 10.26 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.99 | 10.99 | 10.99 | 1 |
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More education data for Luxembourg
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4,490 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,388 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4,390 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3,974 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 5.34 % 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 Luxembourg?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Luxembourg was 10.99 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 10.99 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.21 in 1970.
- How does Luxembourg rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Luxembourg ranks 31st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.