Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Uganda
Uganda: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 4.42 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Uganda, 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 15+, total in Uganda is 4.42, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Uganda peaked at 4.42 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.04, in 1960.
That places Uganda 94th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.04 | — |
| 1965 | 1.14 | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 1.42 | +24.6% |
| 1975 | 1.8 | +26.8% |
| 1980 | 2.08 | +15.6% |
| 1985 | 2.53 | +21.6% |
| 1990 | 3.02 | +19.4% |
| 1995 | 3.41 | +12.9% |
| 2000 | 3.7 | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 4.05 | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 4.42 | +9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.09 | 1.04 | 1.14 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.61 | 1.42 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.3 | 2.08 | 2.53 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.21 | 3.02 | 3.41 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.88 | 3.7 | 4.05 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.42 | 4.42 | 4.42 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 207,238 (2017)
- 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 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 106.17 (2017)
- School enrollment, primary 106.2% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Uganda?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Uganda was 4.42 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 4.42 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.04 in 1960.
- How does Uganda rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Uganda ranks 94th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.