Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Sweden
Sweden: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary was 8.3% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Sweden, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Sweden is 8.3%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 77.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Sweden peaked at 76.6% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 2010.
Sweden ranks 107th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 76.6% | — |
| 1965 | 75.0% | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 75.5% | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 65.5% | -13.2% |
| 1980 | 61.0% | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 60.3% | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 54.0% | -10.5% |
| 1995 | 39.3% | -27.1% |
| 2000 | 37.4% | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 15.8% | -57.8% |
| 2010 | 8.3% | -47.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75.8% | 75.0% | 76.6% | 2 |
| 1970s | 70.5% | 65.5% | 75.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 60.7% | 60.3% | 61.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 46.6% | 39.3% | 54.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 26.6% | 15.8% | 37.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 8.3% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 77,813 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,302 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 235,975 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Sweden?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Sweden was 8.3% 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 60-64 with primary recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 76.6% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.3% in 2010.
- How does Sweden rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary?
- Sweden ranks 107th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)