Australia vs Sweden: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling.

Australia
29.6%
in 2010
Sweden
31.2%
in 2010
Australia rank
15th
Sweden rank
14th

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling. over time

  • Australia
  • Sweden
10203040196019852010

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 31.2% against 29.6% in Australia, a difference of 1.6%.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 15th and Sweden ranks 14th of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 12.9% 12.8% 0.1% Australia
1970s 18.4% 14.7% 3.7% Australia
1980s 35.7% 20.9% 14.7% Australia
1990s 38.8% 26.6% 12.1% Australia
2000s 42.6% 34.9% 7.7% Australia
2010s 29.6% 31.2% 1.6% Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling., Australia or Sweden?
Sweden, at 31.2% against 29.6% in Australia as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling. between Australia and Sweden?
1.6%, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sweden?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Australia and Sweden rank globally for barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling.?
Australia ranks 15th and Sweden ranks 14th of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Australia vs Sweden: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling.. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-75-with-secondary-schooling-completed-secondary/australia/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-75-with-secondary-schooling-completed-secondary/australia/sweden/">Australia vs Sweden: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling.</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary
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
Last refreshed

Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary