Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Iceland
Iceland: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total was 14.47 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Iceland, 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 20-24, total in Iceland stood at 14.47. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Iceland peaked at 14.47 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.63, in 1960.
Iceland ranks 1st 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 20-24, total in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.63 | — |
| 1965 | 8.09 | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 8.9 | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 9.61 | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 9.86 | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 10.28 | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 11.02 | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 11.62 | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 12.34 | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 13.42 | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 14.47 | +7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.86 | 7.63 | 8.09 | 2 |
| 1970s | 9.25 | 8.9 | 9.61 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.07 | 9.86 | 10.28 | 2 |
| 1990s | 11.32 | 11.02 | 11.62 | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.88 | 12.34 | 13.42 | 2 |
| 2010s | 14.47 | 14.47 | 14.47 | 1 |
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More education data for Iceland
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -7.29 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2,908 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 660 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 13,388 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -7.26 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6,899 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -7.35 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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 20-24, total in Iceland?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Iceland was 14.47 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 14.47 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.63 in 1960.
- How does Iceland rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Iceland ranks 1st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.