Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Iceland
Iceland: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary was 29.8% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 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 population age 15-19 with secondary in Iceland stood at 29.8%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 56.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Iceland peaked at 29.8% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 1960.
That places Iceland 35th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.6% | — |
| 1965 | 9.7% | +28.0% |
| 1970 | 11.3% | +15.6% |
| 1975 | 12.4% | +10.5% |
| 1980 | 14.2% | +13.8% |
| 1985 | 16.6% | +16.9% |
| 1990 | 18.6% | +12.2% |
| 1995 | 20.1% | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 19.1% | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 29.0% | +52.1% |
| 2010 | 29.8% | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.7% | 7.6% | 9.7% | 2 |
| 1970s | 11.8% | 11.3% | 12.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 15.4% | 14.2% | 16.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 19.3% | 18.6% | 20.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 24.1% | 19.1% | 29.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 29.8% | 29.8% | 29.8% | 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 population age 15-19 with secondary in Iceland?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Iceland was 29.8% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 29.8% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 1960.
- How does Iceland rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary?
- Iceland ranks 35th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.1%. 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 population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary