Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sweden
Sweden: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total was 12.58 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sweden, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 12.58 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sweden peaked at 12.58 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.23, in 1960.
Sweden ranks 7th 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, total in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.23 | — |
| 1965 | 6.44 | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 6.97 | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 7.87 | +12.9% |
| 1980 | 8.43 | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 8.4 | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 8.88 | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 10.06 | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 10.14 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 11.94 | +17.8% |
| 2010 | 12.58 | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.34 | 6.23 | 6.44 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.42 | 6.97 | 7.87 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.41 | 8.4 | 8.43 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.47 | 8.88 | 10.06 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.04 | 10.14 | 11.94 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.58 | 12.58 | 12.58 | 1 |
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More education data for Sweden
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 194,163 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sweden?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sweden was 12.58 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 12.58 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.23 in 1960.
- How does Sweden rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total?
- Sweden ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. 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, 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.