Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in United States
United States: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total was 5.89 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in United States, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in United States is 5.89, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in United States peaked at 5.89 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.51, in 1960.
United States ranks 15th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.71 | 4.51 | 4.91 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.38 | 5.25 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.65 | 5.61 | 5.69 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.71 | 5.57 | 5.84 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.87 | 5.86 | 5.88 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.89 | 5.89 | 5.89 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in United States?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in United States was 5.89 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 5.89 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.51 in 1960.
- How does United States rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total?
- United States ranks 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 75+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 75.