Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 35-39, total in Colombia
Colombia: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 35-39, total was 9 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 35-39, total in Colombia, 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 35-39, total in Colombia is 9, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 35-39, total in Colombia peaked at 9 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.9, in 1960.
Colombia ranks 72nd of 144 countries on this measure, 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 35-39, total in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.9 | — |
| 1965 | 3.04 | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 3.18 | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 4.06 | +27.7% |
| 1980 | 4.25 | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 5.1 | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 6.04 | +18.4% |
| 1995 | 6.47 | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 7.51 | +16.1% |
| 2005 | 7.42 | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 9 | +21.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.97 | 2.9 | 3.04 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.62 | 3.18 | 4.06 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.67 | 4.25 | 5.1 | 2 |
| 1990s | 6.25 | 6.04 | 6.47 | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.46 | 7.42 | 7.51 | 2 |
| 2010s | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More education data for Colombia
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.85 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.54 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 180,781 (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.42 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.74 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.43 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.90 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.17 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 35-39, total in Colombia?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 35-39, total in Colombia was 9 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 35-39, total recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 9 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 35-39, total recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9 in 1960.
- How does Colombia rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 35-39, total?
- Colombia ranks 72nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 35-39, total rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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 35-39, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 35-39, total is the average years of education completed among people age 35-39.