Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Belgium
Belgium: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total was 11.23 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Belgium, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Belgium stood at 11.23. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Belgium peaked at 11.23 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.48, in 1960.
Belgium ranks 39th 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 45-49, total in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.48 | — |
| 1965 | 6.78 | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 7.24 | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 7.46 | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 7.73 | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 8.58 | +11.0% |
| 1990 | 9.34 | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 10.28 | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 10.65 | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 10.77 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 11.23 | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.63 | 6.48 | 6.78 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.35 | 7.24 | 7.46 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.16 | 7.73 | 8.58 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.81 | 9.34 | 10.28 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.71 | 10.65 | 10.77 | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.23 | 11.23 | 11.23 | 1 |
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More education data for Belgium
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2912 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 66,778 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 13,985 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 311,113 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.4819 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 239,886 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0.045 % 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 45-49, total in Belgium?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Belgium was 11.23 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, total recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 11.23 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.48 in 1960.
- How does Belgium rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total?
- Belgium ranks 39th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 45-49, total is the average years of education completed among people age 45-49.