Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Sweden
Sweden: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total was 12.3 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Sweden, 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 Sweden stood at 12.3. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Sweden peaked at 12.3 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.64, in 1960.
Sweden ranks 19th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.64 | — |
| 1965 | 7.32 | +10.2% |
| 1970 | 7.72 | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 8.61 | +11.5% |
| 1980 | 9.58 | +11.3% |
| 1985 | 10.48 | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 11.48 | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 11.77 | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 12.12 | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 12.12 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12.3 | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.98 | 6.64 | 7.32 | 2 |
| 1970s | 8.16 | 7.72 | 8.61 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.03 | 9.58 | 10.48 | 2 |
| 1990s | 11.62 | 11.48 | 11.77 | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.12 | 12.12 | 12.12 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 58,504 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 13,047 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 300,133 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 194,163 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 Sweden?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Sweden was 12.3 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 12.3 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.64 in 1960.
- How does Sweden rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total?
- Sweden ranks 19th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.