Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Japan
Japan: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total was 13.37 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Japan, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Japan recorded 13.37 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Japan peaked at 13.37 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8.58, in 1965.
Japan ranks 10th 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 30-34, total in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9.16 | — |
| 1965 | 8.58 | -6.3% |
| 1970 | 8.74 | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 9.05 | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 10.9 | +20.4% |
| 1985 | 11.02 | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 12.74 | +15.6% |
| 1995 | 12.74 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12.95 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 13.06 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 13.37 | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.87 | 8.58 | 9.16 | 2 |
| 1970s | 8.89 | 8.74 | 9.05 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.96 | 10.9 | 11.02 | 2 |
| 1990s | 12.74 | 12.74 | 12.74 | 2 |
| 2000s | 13 | 12.95 | 13.06 | 2 |
| 2010s | 13.37 | 13.37 | 13.37 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More education data for Japan
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.2135 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 261,117 (1998)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 109,949 (1998)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.87 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.1939 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.01 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.2318 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Japan?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Japan was 13.37 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 13.37 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.58 in 1965.
- How does Japan rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total?
- Japan ranks 10th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.