Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total in Japan
Japan: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total was 12.75 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 50-54, 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 50-54, total in Japan is 12.75, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total in Japan peaked at 12.75 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.44, in 1970.
Japan ranks 11th 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 50-54, total in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.54 | — |
| 1965 | 6.46 | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 6.44 | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 6.7 | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 8.03 | +19.9% |
| 1985 | 8.22 | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 9.41 | +14.5% |
| 1995 | 9.57 | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 11.2 | +17.0% |
| 2005 | 11.21 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 12.75 | +13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.5 | 6.46 | 6.54 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.57 | 6.44 | 6.7 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.12 | 8.03 | 8.22 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.49 | 9.41 | 9.57 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.21 | 11.2 | 11.21 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.75 | 12.75 | 12.75 | 1 |
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More education data for Japan
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.39 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.7464 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.70 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.95 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 million (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total in Japan?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 50-54, 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 50-54, total recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 12.75 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.44 in 1970.
- How does Japan rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total?
- Japan ranks 11th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 50-54, 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 50-54, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 50-54, total is the average years of education completed among people age 50-54.