Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Switzerland
Switzerland: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total was 12.45 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, 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 20-24, total in Switzerland is 12.45, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Switzerland peaked at 12.45 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.91, in 1960.
Switzerland ranks 15th 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.91 | — |
| 1965 | 9.45 | +19.5% |
| 1970 | 9.98 | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 11.33 | +13.5% |
| 1980 | 11.72 | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 11.54 | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 11.42 | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 10.97 | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 9.9 | -9.8% |
| 2005 | 11.74 | +18.6% |
| 2010 | 12.45 | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.68 | 7.91 | 9.45 | 2 |
| 1970s | 10.66 | 9.98 | 11.33 | 2 |
| 1980s | 11.63 | 11.54 | 11.72 | 2 |
| 1990s | 11.2 | 10.97 | 11.42 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.82 | 9.9 | 11.74 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.45 | 12.45 | 12.45 | 1 |
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More education data for Switzerland
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 636,381 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 58,349 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 303,965 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 332,416 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 184,539 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.0738 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Switzerland?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Switzerland was 12.45 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 12.45 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.91 in 1960.
- How does Switzerland rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Switzerland ranks 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.8%. 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 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.