Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Sweden
Sweden: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education was 1.7% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Sweden, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Sweden is 1.7%, measured in 2010.
That represents a change of down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Sweden peaked at 1.8% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1970.
That places Sweden 109th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.7% | — |
| 1965 | 1.5% | -12.0% |
| 1970 | 0.8% | -45.6% |
| 1975 | 1.2% | +55.0% |
| 1980 | 1.2% | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 1.4% | +17.2% |
| 1990 | 1.5% | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 1.8% | +19.9% |
| 2000 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.7% | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 859,847 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.8572 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Sweden?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Sweden was 1.7% 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 25+ with no education recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1970.
- How does Sweden rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education?
- Sweden ranks 109th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. 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: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 25+ with no education