Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, total in New Zealand
New Zealand: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, total was 250 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, total in New Zealand, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 250 for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 55-59, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 55-59, total in New Zealand peaked at 250 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 103, in 1960.
New Zealand ranks 86th 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: Population in thousands, age 55-59, total in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 103 | — |
| 1965 | 119 | +15.5% |
| 1970 | 131 | +10.1% |
| 1975 | 132 | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 146 | +10.6% |
| 1985 | 148 | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 142 | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 160 | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 185 | +15.6% |
| 2005 | 237 | +28.1% |
| 2010 | 250 | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111 | 103 | 119 | 2 |
| 1970s | 131.5 | 131 | 132 | 2 |
| 1980s | 147 | 146 | 148 | 2 |
| 1990s | 151 | 142 | 160 | 2 |
| 2000s | 211 | 185 | 237 | 2 |
| 2010s | 250 | 250 | 250 | 1 |
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More education data for New Zealand
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 26,597 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 55-59, total in New Zealand?
- Barro-lee: population in thousands, age 55-59, total in New Zealand was 250 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 55-59, total recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 250 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 55-59, total recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 103 in 1960.
- How does New Zealand rank for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 55-59, total?
- New Zealand ranks 86th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 55-59, total rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population in thousands, age 55-59, total is the total population of 55-59 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.