Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in China
China: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total was 7.12 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in China, 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+, total in China is 7.12, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in China peaked at 7.12 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.47, in 1960.
China ranks 93rd of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.47 | — |
| 1965 | 1.98 | +34.7% |
| 1970 | 2.61 | +31.8% |
| 1975 | 3.25 | +24.5% |
| 1980 | 3.87 | +19.1% |
| 1985 | 4.38 | +13.2% |
| 1990 | 4.83 | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 5.69 | +17.8% |
| 2000 | 6.47 | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 6.86 | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 7.12 | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.73 | 1.47 | 1.98 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.93 | 2.61 | 3.25 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.12 | 3.87 | 4.38 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.26 | 4.83 | 5.69 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.67 | 6.47 | 6.86 | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.12 | 7.12 | 7.12 | 1 |
Countries ranked near China
More education data for China
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6.74 million (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.64 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in China?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in China was 7.12 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+, total recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 7.12 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.47 in 1960.
- How does China rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total?
- China ranks 93rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 25.