Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, total in Greece
Greece: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, total was 12.91 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25-29, total in Greece, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Greece recorded 12.91 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, total in Greece peaked at 12.91 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.64, in 1965.
Greece 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 25-29, total in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.18 | — |
| 1965 | 7.64 | -6.6% |
| 1970 | 7.79 | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 8.8 | +13.0% |
| 1980 | 8.78 | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 10.41 | +18.6% |
| 1990 | 10.84 | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 11.56 | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 11.5 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 12.58 | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 12.91 | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.91 | 7.64 | 8.18 | 2 |
| 1970s | 8.29 | 7.79 | 8.8 | 2 |
| 1980s | 9.59 | 8.78 | 10.41 | 2 |
| 1990s | 11.2 | 10.84 | 11.56 | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.04 | 11.5 | 12.58 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.91 | 12.91 | 12.91 | 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 25-29, total in Greece?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, total in Greece was 12.91 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, total recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 12.91 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, total recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.64 in 1965.
- How does Greece rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, total?
- Greece ranks 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25-29, total rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. 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 25-29, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25-29, total is the average years of education completed among people age 25-29.