Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Thailand
Thailand: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 7.99 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Thailand, 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 Thailand stood at 7.99. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Thailand peaked at 7.99 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.51, in 1970.
That places Thailand 82nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.19 | — |
| 1965 | 3.73 | -11.0% |
| 1970 | 2.51 | -32.7% |
| 1975 | 3.01 | +19.9% |
| 1980 | 3.64 | +20.9% |
| 1985 | 4.15 | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 4.85 | +16.9% |
| 1995 | 5.5 | +13.4% |
| 2000 | 5.65 | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 7.03 | +24.4% |
| 2010 | 7.99 | +13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.96 | 3.73 | 4.19 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.76 | 2.51 | 3.01 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.9 | 3.64 | 4.15 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.17 | 4.85 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.34 | 5.65 | 7.03 | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.99 | 7.99 | 7.99 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More education data for Thailand
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 208,533 (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 96,835 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.23 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 940,155 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 Thailand?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Thailand was 7.99 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 7.99 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.51 in 1970.
- How does Thailand rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Thailand ranks 82nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.