Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total in Germany

Germany: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total was 0.47 in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
0.47
World rank
13th
of 144 countries
All-time high
0.47
in 2010
All-time low
0.1
in 1960
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total in Germany, 1960–2010

0.10.20.30.40.51960198520101960: 0.11965: 0.11970: 0.111975: 0.181980: 0.261985: 0.351990: 0.331995: 0.312000: 0.292005: 0.172010: 0.47

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

In 2010, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total in Germany stood at 0.47. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 62.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total in Germany peaked at 0.47 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.1, in 1960.

That places Germany 13th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total in Germany, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total in Germany, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 0.1
1965 0.1 +0.0%
1970 0.11 +10.0%
1975 0.18 +63.6%
1980 0.26 +44.4%
1985 0.35 +34.6%
1990 0.33 -5.7%
1995 0.31 -6.1%
2000 0.29 -6.5%
2005 0.17 -41.4%
2010 0.47 +176.5%

Germany compared with similar countries

  • Germany's 0.47 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.28, 1.7× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Germany's 0.47 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.325, 1.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.1 0.1 0.1 2
1970s 0.145 0.11 0.18 2
1980s 0.305 0.26 0.35 2
1990s 0.32 0.31 0.33 2
2000s 0.23 0.17 0.29 2
2010s 0.47 0.47 0.47 1

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 11 Hungary 0.51 compare
  2. 12 Switzerland 0.49 compare
  3. 13 Ireland 0.47 compare
  4. 15 Denmark 0.44 compare
  5. 16 Bulgaria 0.43 compare

See the full ranking of 144 places →

More reference data data for Germany

All data for Germany →

Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total in Germany?
Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total in Germany was 0.47 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 0.47 in 2010.
What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1 in 1960.
How does Germany rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total?
Germany ranks 13th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is up 62.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Germany 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 tertiary schooling, age 75+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total in Germany. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-average-years-of-tertiary-schooling-age-75-total/germany/

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/stat/barro-lee-average-years-of-tertiary-schooling-age-75-total/germany/">Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, total in Germany</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 75+, 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
Last refreshed

Average years of tertiary schooling, 75+, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people over age 75.