Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Greece
Greece: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total was 12.04 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Greece, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Greece recorded 12.04 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Greece peaked at 12.04 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.57, in 1965.
Greece ranks 21st of 144 countries on this measure, 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 20-24, total in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9.13 | — |
| 1965 | 7.57 | -17.1% |
| 1970 | 8.59 | +13.5% |
| 1975 | 8.54 | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 9.56 | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 10.64 | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 11.98 | +12.6% |
| 1995 | 11.63 | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 11.11 | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 11.97 | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 12.04 | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.35 | 7.57 | 9.13 | 2 |
| 1970s | 8.56 | 8.54 | 8.59 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.1 | 9.56 | 10.64 | 2 |
| 1990s | 11.8 | 11.63 | 11.98 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.54 | 11.11 | 11.97 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.04 | 12.04 | 12.04 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- 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 70,680 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Greece?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Greece was 12.04 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 20-24, total recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 12.04 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.57 in 1965.
- How does Greece rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Greece ranks 21st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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 20-24, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of education completed among people age 20-24.