Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Singapore
Singapore: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total was 13.59 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Singapore, 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 20-24, total in Singapore is 13.59, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Singapore peaked at 13.59 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.43, in 1960.
Singapore ranks 5th 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 Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.43 | — |
| 1965 | 5.46 | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 7.32 | +34.1% |
| 1975 | 5.87 | -19.8% |
| 1980 | 8.37 | +42.6% |
| 1985 | 8.35 | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 8.88 | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 12.15 | +36.8% |
| 2000 | 11.93 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 11.68 | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 13.59 | +16.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.45 | 5.43 | 5.46 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.6 | 5.87 | 7.32 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.36 | 8.35 | 8.37 | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.52 | 8.88 | 12.15 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.8 | 11.68 | 11.93 | 2 |
| 2010s | 13.59 | 13.59 | 13.59 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More education data for Singapore
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 116,089 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0196 units per person (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 122,727 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.57 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.0207 units per person (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 163,746 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.8 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16,639 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.917 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Singapore?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Singapore was 13.59 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 13.59 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.43 in 1960.
- How does Singapore rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Singapore ranks 5th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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.