Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Switzerland
Switzerland: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 13.02 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland is 13.02, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Switzerland peaked at 13.02 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.57, in 1960.
Switzerland ranks 2nd 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.57 | — |
| 1965 | 8.13 | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 9.72 | +19.6% |
| 1975 | 10.34 | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 11.06 | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 10.31 | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 10.01 | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 9.83 | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 9.78 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 10.55 | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 13.02 | +23.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.85 | 7.57 | 8.13 | 2 |
| 1970s | 10.03 | 9.72 | 10.34 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.69 | 10.31 | 11.06 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.92 | 9.83 | 10.01 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.16 | 9.78 | 10.55 | 2 |
| 2010s | 13.02 | 13.02 | 13.02 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More education data for Switzerland
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.488 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 48,721 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9,628 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 173,465 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.7668 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 163,838 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0.1945 % 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 Switzerland?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Switzerland was 13.02 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 13.02 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.57 in 1960.
- How does Switzerland rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Switzerland ranks 2nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.