Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Colombia
Colombia: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total was 7.03 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Colombia, 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, total in Colombia is 7.03, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 75.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Colombia peaked at 7.03 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.47, in 1960.
That places Colombia 69th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
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, total in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.47 | — |
| 1965 | 2.68 | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 3 | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 3.22 | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 3.21 | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 3.24 | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 3.32 | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 4.02 | +21.1% |
| 2000 | 4.01 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.22 | +30.2% |
| 2010 | 7.03 | +34.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.58 | 2.47 | 2.68 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.11 | 3 | 3.22 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.23 | 3.21 | 3.24 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.67 | 3.32 | 4.02 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.62 | 4.01 | 5.22 | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.03 | 7.03 | 7.03 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More education data for Colombia
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.43 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.90 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.17 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.47 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.7336 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 139,228 (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 41,553 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.32 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.8138 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Colombia?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Colombia was 7.03 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, total recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.03 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.47 in 1960.
- How does Colombia rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total?
- Colombia ranks 69th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 60-64, total is the average years of education completed among people age 60-64.