Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female in Iceland
Iceland: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female was 13.95 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female 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 25-29, female in Iceland stood at 13.95. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female in Iceland peaked at 13.95 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.77, in 1960.
That places Iceland 3rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 25-29, female in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.77 | — |
| 1965 | 7.65 | +13.0% |
| 1970 | 8.24 | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 8.97 | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 10.07 | +12.3% |
| 1985 | 10.31 | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 10.9 | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 11.58 | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 12.11 | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 12.75 | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 13.95 | +9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.21 | 6.77 | 7.65 | 2 |
| 1970s | 8.61 | 8.24 | 8.97 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.19 | 10.07 | 10.31 | 2 |
| 1990s | 11.24 | 10.9 | 11.58 | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.43 | 12.11 | 12.75 | 2 |
| 2010s | 13.95 | 13.95 | 13.95 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 1 Republic of Korea 14.87 compare
- 2 Singapore 14.48 compare
- 4 United States of America 13.94 compare
- 5 Hong Kong, China 13.86 compare
- 6 Canada 13.81 compare
More education data for Iceland
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,661 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 6,167 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 37,056 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 32,314 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0838 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female in Iceland?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female in Iceland was 13.95 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 25-29, female recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 13.95 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.77 in 1960.
- How does Iceland rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female?
- Iceland ranks 3rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, female rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. 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 25-29, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25-29, female is the average years of education completed among females age 25-29.