Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female in Sweden
Sweden: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female was 12.87 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female in Sweden, 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 60-64, female in Sweden is 12.87, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female in Sweden peaked at 12.87 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.21, in 1960.
Sweden ranks 4th 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 60-64, female in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.21 | — |
| 1965 | 6.4 | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 6.9 | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 7.65 | +10.9% |
| 1980 | 8.1 | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 8.09 | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 8.63 | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 10.11 | +17.1% |
| 2000 | 10.19 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 12.2 | +19.7% |
| 2010 | 12.87 | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.3 | 6.21 | 6.4 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.28 | 6.9 | 7.65 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.09 | 8.09 | 8.1 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.37 | 8.63 | 10.11 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.2 | 10.19 | 12.2 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.87 | 12.87 | 12.87 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,360 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 987,895 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 859,847 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.8572 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0814 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 859,847 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.8572 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female in Sweden?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female in Sweden was 12.87 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 60-64, female recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 12.87 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.21 in 1960.
- How does Sweden rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female?
- Sweden ranks 4th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, female rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. 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 60-64, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 60-64, female is the average years of education completed among females age 60-64.