Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Switzerland
Switzerland: Gender ratios for mean years of schooling was 0.9463 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Switzerland, 1980–2019
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 0.9463 for gender ratios for mean years of schooling in 2019. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Switzerland peaked at 0.9463 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8787, in 1980.
Switzerland ranks 80th of 121 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.8787 | — |
| 2009 | 0.9167 | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9231 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9255 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9262 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9299 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9355 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9328 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9415 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9463 | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8787 | 0.8787 | 0.8787 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9167 | 0.9167 | 0.9167 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9326 | 0.9231 | 0.9463 | 8 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More education data for Switzerland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 58,349 (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 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.21 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Switzerland?
- Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Switzerland was 0.9463 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9463 in 2019.
- What is the lowest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8787 in 1980.
- How does Switzerland rank for gender ratios for mean years of schooling?
- Switzerland ranks 80th out of 121 countries with data for 2019.
- Is gender ratios for mean years of schooling rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Gender ratios for mean years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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