Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total in Sweden
Sweden: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total was 12.3 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 50-54, 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 50-54, total in Sweden stood at 12.3. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total in Sweden peaked at 12.3 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.6, in 1960.
Sweden ranks 15th 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.6 | — |
| 1965 | 6.72 | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 7.73 | +15.0% |
| 1975 | 8.62 | +11.5% |
| 1980 | 9.59 | +11.3% |
| 1985 | 9.76 | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 10.26 | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 11.77 | +14.7% |
| 2000 | 11.87 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 12.12 | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 12.3 | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.66 | 6.6 | 6.72 | 2 |
| 1970s | 8.18 | 7.73 | 8.62 | 2 |
| 1980s | 9.68 | 9.59 | 9.76 | 2 |
| 1990s | 11.02 | 10.26 | 11.77 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.99 | 11.87 | 12.12 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 475,871 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2103 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 458,336 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 494,296 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total in Sweden?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 50-54, 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 50-54, 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 50-54, total recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6 in 1960.
- How does Sweden rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total?
- Sweden ranks 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 50-54, total rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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 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.