Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Iceland
Iceland: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total was 10.47 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Iceland, 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, total in Iceland is 10.47, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Iceland peaked at 10.47 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.48, in 1960.
Iceland ranks 50th 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 Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.48 | — |
| 1965 | 5.93 | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 6.01 | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 6.92 | +15.1% |
| 1980 | 6.97 | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 7.74 | +11.0% |
| 1990 | 8.3 | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 9.07 | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 9.78 | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 10.06 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 10.47 | +4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.71 | 5.48 | 5.93 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.46 | 6.01 | 6.92 | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.36 | 6.97 | 7.74 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.69 | 8.3 | 9.07 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.92 | 9.78 | 10.06 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.47 | 10.47 | 10.47 | 1 |
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More education data for Iceland
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -7.29 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2,908 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 660 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 13,388 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -7.26 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6,899 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -7.35 % 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 Iceland?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Iceland was 10.47 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 10.47 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.48 in 1960.
- How does Iceland rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total?
- Iceland ranks 50th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.