Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Japan
Japan: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total was 12.75 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total 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, total in Japan is 12.75, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Japan peaked at 12.75 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 6.48, in 1970.
That places Japan 12th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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, total in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.53 | — |
| 1965 | 7.09 | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 6.48 | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 7.52 | +16.0% |
| 1980 | 8.07 | +7.3% |
| 1985 | 9.5 | +17.7% |
| 1990 | 9.41 | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 11.18 | +18.8% |
| 2000 | 11.2 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 12.75 | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 12.75 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.81 | 6.53 | 7.09 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7 | 6.48 | 7.52 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.79 | 8.07 | 9.5 | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.29 | 9.41 | 11.18 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.97 | 11.2 | 12.75 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.75 | 12.75 | 12.75 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 9 Estonia 13.01 compare
- 10 Canada 12.9 compare
- 11 Russian Federation 12.77 compare
- 12 Republic of Korea 12.75 compare
- 14 Norway 12.64 compare
- 15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.58 compare
More education data for Japan
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.2135 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 261,117 (1998)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 109,949 (1998)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.87 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.1939 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.01 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.2318 % 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 Japan?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Japan was 12.75 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 12.75 in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.48 in 1970.
- How does Japan rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total?
- Japan ranks 12th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. 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, 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.