Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Switzerland

Switzerland: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total was 14.03 in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
14.03
World rank
3rd
of 144 countries
All-time high
14.03
in 2010
All-time low
7.82
in 1960
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Switzerland, 1960–2010

0510151960198520101960: 7.81965: 8.61970: 10.61975: 11.61980: 10.81985: 11.11990: 11.11995: 11.32000: 11.22005: 11.62010: 14

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

Analysis

Switzerland recorded 14.03 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 25.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Switzerland peaked at 14.03 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.82, in 1960.

Switzerland ranks 3rd 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 Switzerland, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Switzerland, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 7.82
1965 8.55 +9.3%
1970 10.55 +23.4%
1975 11.62 +10.1%
1980 10.77 -7.3%
1985 11.05 +2.6%
1990 11.14 +0.8%
1995 11.29 +1.3%
2000 11.21 -0.7%
2005 11.61 +3.6%
2010 14.03 +20.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 8.19 7.82 8.55 2
1970s 11.09 10.55 11.62 2
1980s 10.91 10.77 11.05 2
1990s 11.21 11.14 11.29 2
2000s 11.41 11.21 11.61 2
2010s 14.03 14.03 14.03 1

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 1 Republic of Korea 14.57 compare
  2. 2 Singapore 14.24 compare
  3. 4 United States of America 13.67 compare
  4. 5 Hong Kong 13.61 compare
  5. 6 Czechia 13.58 compare

See the full ranking of 144 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Switzerland?
Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Switzerland was 14.03 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 Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 14.03 in 2010.
What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 7.82 in 1960.
How does Switzerland rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total?
Switzerland ranks 3rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Switzerland 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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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
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144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of total schooling, 30-34, total is the average years of education completed among people age 30-34.