Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Canada
Canada: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total was 13.57 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total 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 30-34, total in Canada is 13.57, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Canada peaked at 13.57 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9.05, 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 30-34, total in Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9.05 | — |
| 1965 | 9.11 | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 10.14 | +11.3% |
| 1975 | 11.22 | +10.7% |
| 1980 | 11.99 | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 11.19 | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 11.46 | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 11.62 | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 12.31 | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 13.4 | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 13.57 | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.08 | 9.05 | 9.11 | 2 |
| 1970s | 10.68 | 10.14 | 11.22 | 2 |
| 1980s | 11.59 | 11.19 | 11.99 | 2 |
| 1990s | 11.54 | 11.46 | 11.62 | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.86 | 12.31 | 13.4 | 2 |
| 2010s | 13.57 | 13.57 | 13.57 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 4 United States of America 13.67 compare
- 5 Hong Kong, China 13.61 compare
- 6 Czechia 13.58 compare
- 8 Slovakia 13.43 compare
- 9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.42 compare
- 10 Japan 13.37 compare
More education data for Canada
- 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 141,045 (2000)
- 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 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (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 30-34, total in Canada?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Canada was 13.57 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 30-34, total recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 13.57 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.05 in 1960.
- How does Canada rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total?
- Canada ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. 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 30-34, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 30-34, total is the average years of education completed among people age 30-34.