Japan vs Norway: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 65-69, total

Japan
3.61
in 2010
Norway
4.19
in 2010
Japan rank
24th
Norway rank
21st

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 65-69, total over time

  • Japan
  • Norway
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 4.19 against 3.61 in Japan, a difference of 0.58.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Norway ahead.

Japan ranks 24th and Norway ranks 21st of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Norway Difference Ahead
1960s 0.54 0.49 0.05 Japan
1970s 0.595 0.665 0.07 Norway
1980s 1.19 0.945 0.25 Japan
1990s 1.59 1.72 0.125 Norway
2000s 2.91 3.21 0.31 Norway
2010s 3.61 4.19 0.58 Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 65-69, total, Japan or Norway?
Norway, at 4.19 against 3.61 in Japan as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 65-69, total between Japan and Norway?
0.58, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Japan and Norway rank globally for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 65-69, total?
Japan ranks 24th and Norway ranks 21st of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 65-69, total. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 65-69, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of secondary schooling, 65-69, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 65-69.