Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female in Japan
Japan: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female was 12.82 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female in Japan, 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 45-49, female in Japan is 12.82, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female in Japan peaked at 12.82 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.1, in 1960.
Japan ranks 13th 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 45-49, female in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.1 | — |
| 1965 | 6.6 | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 6.24 | -5.5% |
| 1975 | 7.15 | +14.6% |
| 1980 | 7.45 | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 8.96 | +20.3% |
| 1990 | 9.06 | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 11.07 | +22.2% |
| 2000 | 11.1 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 12.81 | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 12.82 | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.35 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.7 | 6.24 | 7.15 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.21 | 7.45 | 8.96 | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.07 | 9.06 | 11.07 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.96 | 11.1 | 12.81 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.82 | 12.82 | 12.82 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More education data for Japan
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (1999)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.50 million (1999)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.46 million (1999)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.61 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.25 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.01 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0502 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female in Japan?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female in Japan was 12.82 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 45-49, female recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 12.82 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1 in 1960.
- How does Japan rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female?
- Japan ranks 13th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, female rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. 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 45-49, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 45-49, female is the average years of education completed among females age 45-49.