Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Iceland
Iceland: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary was 25.9% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Iceland, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Iceland stood at 25.9%.
That represents a change of up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Iceland peaked at 26.9% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 1960.
Iceland ranks 62nd of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.5% | — |
| 1965 | 6.9% | +24.5% |
| 1970 | 8.8% | +28.5% |
| 1975 | 12.1% | +36.7% |
| 1980 | 15.4% | +27.3% |
| 1985 | 17.8% | +15.6% |
| 1990 | 21.2% | +19.2% |
| 1995 | 23.5% | +10.9% |
| 2000 | 24.7% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 26.9% | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 25.9% | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.2% | 5.5% | 6.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 10.4% | 8.8% | 12.1% | 2 |
| 1980s | 16.6% | 15.4% | 17.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 22.3% | 21.2% | 23.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 25.8% | 24.7% | 26.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 25.9% | 25.9% | 25.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More education data for Iceland
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,661 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 6,167 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 37,056 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 32,314 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0838 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Iceland?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Iceland was 25.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 26.9% in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 1960.
- How does Iceland rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary?
- Iceland ranks 62nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary