Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Iceland
Iceland: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total was 10.59 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Iceland, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 10.59 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Iceland peaked at 10.59 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.81, in 1960.
That places Iceland 43rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.81 | — |
| 1965 | 6.14 | +5.7% |
| 1970 | 6.51 | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 6.95 | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 7.47 | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 7.96 | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 8.46 | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 8.93 | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 9.45 | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 10.04 | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 10.59 | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.97 | 5.81 | 6.14 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.73 | 6.51 | 6.95 | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.71 | 7.47 | 7.96 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.7 | 8.46 | 8.93 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.74 | 9.45 | 10.04 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.59 | 10.59 | 10.59 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More education data for Iceland
- 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 3,568 (2023)
- 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 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Iceland?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Iceland was 10.59 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 10.59 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.81 in 1960.
- How does Iceland rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total?
- Iceland ranks 43rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. 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+, 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.