Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female in Ireland
Ireland: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female was 12 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female in Ireland, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 12 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female in Ireland peaked at 12 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.36, in 1970.
That places Ireland 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 55-59, female in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.62 | — |
| 1965 | 7.75 | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 6.36 | -17.9% |
| 1975 | 7.08 | +11.3% |
| 1980 | 7.24 | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 8.18 | +13.0% |
| 1990 | 8.29 | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 8.94 | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 9.21 | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 10.33 | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 12 | +16.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.69 | 7.62 | 7.75 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.72 | 6.36 | 7.08 | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.71 | 7.24 | 8.18 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.61 | 8.29 | 8.94 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.77 | 9.21 | 10.33 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More education data for Ireland
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,942 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 52,745 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49,975 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 456,625 (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 548,873 (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.49 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1053 units per person (2022)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female in Ireland?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female in Ireland was 12 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 55-59, female recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 12 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.36 in 1970.
- How does Ireland rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female?
- Ireland ranks 12th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 55-59, female rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland 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 55-59, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 55-59, female is the average years of education completed among females age 55-59.