Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Congo
Congo: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 3.78 in 2010. β² Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Congo, 1960β2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Congo stood at 3.78. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Congo peaked at 3.78 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.91, in 1960.
That places Congo 113th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.07 | 0.91 | 1.24 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.89 | 1.56 | 2.22 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.88 | 2.68 | 3.09 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.37 | 3.28 | 3.46 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.63 | 3.58 | 3.68 | 2 |
| 2010s | 3.78 | 3.78 | 3.78 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More education data for Congo
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 23,019 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 39.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 87.9% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0037 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Congo?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Congo was 3.78 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 15+, total recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 3.78 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.91 in 1960.
- How does Congo rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Congo ranks 113th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 15.