Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in Switzerland

Switzerland: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total was 13.69 in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
13.69
World rank
3rd
of 144 countries
All-time high
13.69
in 2010
All-time low
7.82
in 1960
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in Switzerland, 1960–2010

0510151960198520101960: 7.81965: 8.31970: 10.11975: 111980: 11.51985: 11.91990: 10.31995: 10.62000: 10.72005: 11.32010: 13.7

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

Analysis

Switzerland recorded 13.69 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 27.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in Switzerland peaked at 13.69 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 40-44, total in Switzerland, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in Switzerland, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 7.82
1965 8.31 +6.3%
1970 10.1 +21.5%
1975 11.01 +9.0%
1980 11.54 +4.8%
1985 11.92 +3.3%
1990 10.3 -13.6%
1995 10.6 +2.9%
2000 10.72 +1.1%
2005 11.34 +5.8%
2010 13.69 +20.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 8.07 7.82 8.31 2
1970s 10.55 10.1 11.01 2
1980s 11.73 11.54 11.92 2
1990s 10.45 10.3 10.6 2
2000s 11.03 10.72 11.34 2
2010s 13.69 13.69 13.69 1

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 1 Ireland 14.19 compare
  2. 2 Russian Federation 13.81 compare
  3. 4 Israel 13.67 compare
  4. 5 United States of America 13.62 compare
  5. 6 Republic of Korea 13.5 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in Switzerland?
Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in Switzerland was 13.69 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 40-44, total recorded in Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 13.69 in 2010.
What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, 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 40-44, total?
Switzerland ranks 3rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. 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 40-44, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, 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, 40-44, total is the average years of education completed among people age 40-44.