Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, female in Canada
Canada: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, female was 12.61 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, female in Canada, 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 25+, female in Canada is 12.61, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female in Canada peaked at 12.61 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8.21, in 1960.
That places Canada 7th 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+, female in Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.21 | — |
| 1965 | 8.34 | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 8.6 | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 8.98 | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 9.51 | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 9.6 | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 10.15 | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 10.5 | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 10.9 | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 12.21 | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 12.61 | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.28 | 8.21 | 8.34 | 2 |
| 1970s | 8.79 | 8.6 | 8.98 | 2 |
| 1980s | 9.55 | 9.51 | 9.6 | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.32 | 10.15 | 10.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.55 | 10.9 | 12.21 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.61 | 12.61 | 12.61 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More education data for Canada
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.39 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0807 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 564,540 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.08 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.84 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.28 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 96,008 (2000)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 45,037 (2000)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.03 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.2105 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female in Canada?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female in Canada was 12.61 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+, female recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 12.61 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.21 in 1960.
- How does Canada rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female?
- Canada ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25+, female is the average years of education completed among females over age 25.