Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Israel

Israel: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total was 12.76 in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
12.76
World rank
5th
of 144 countries
All-time high
12.76
in 2010
All-time low
7.34
in 1960
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Israel, 1960–2010

0510151960198520101960: 7.31965: 7.61970: 8.31975: 9.11980: 9.91985: 10.41990: 111995: 11.42000: 11.82005: 12.12010: 12.8

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

In 2010, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Israel stood at 12.76. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 8.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Israel peaked at 12.76 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.34, in 1960.

Israel ranks 5th 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+, total in Israel, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Israel, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 7.34
1965 7.63 +4.0%
1970 8.27 +8.4%
1975 9.07 +9.7%
1980 9.93 +9.5%
1985 10.41 +4.8%
1990 11.03 +6.0%
1995 11.4 +3.4%
2000 11.8 +3.5%
2005 12.05 +2.1%
2010 12.76 +5.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 7.48 7.34 7.63 2
1970s 8.67 8.27 9.07 2
1980s 10.17 9.93 10.41 2
1990s 11.21 11.03 11.4 2
2000s 11.93 11.8 12.05 2
2010s 12.76 12.76 12.76 1

Countries ranked near Israel

  1. 3 Czechia 13.16 compare
  2. 4 Slovakia 13.07 compare
  3. 6 Germany 12.69 compare
  4. 7 Canada 12.56 compare
  5. 8 Estonia 12.48 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Israel?
Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Israel was 12.76 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 Israel?
The highest recorded value was 12.76 in 2010.
What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Israel?
The lowest recorded value was 7.34 in 1960.
How does Israel rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total?
Israel ranks 5th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Israel?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Israel 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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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of total schooling, 25+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 25.