Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Bahrain
Bahrain: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total was 3.88 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Bahrain, 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 25+, total in Bahrain is 3.88, measured in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Bahrain peaked at 3.98 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.72, in 1960.
That places Bahrain 104th 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 25+, total in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.72 | — |
| 1965 | 0.87 | +20.8% |
| 1970 | 1.2 | +37.9% |
| 1975 | 1.69 | +40.8% |
| 1980 | 2.54 | +50.3% |
| 1985 | 3.12 | +22.8% |
| 1990 | 3.48 | +11.5% |
| 1995 | 3.82 | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 3.98 | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 3.88 | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 3.88 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.795 | 0.72 | 0.87 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.44 | 1.2 | 1.69 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.83 | 2.54 | 3.12 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.65 | 3.48 | 3.82 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.93 | 3.88 | 3.98 | 2 |
| 2010s | 3.88 | 3.88 | 3.88 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
More education data for Bahrain
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 9,404 (2024)
- 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 77.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.88 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Bahrain?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Bahrain was 3.88 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 25+, total recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 3.98 in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.72 in 1960.
- How does Bahrain rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total?
- Bahrain ranks 104th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain 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 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 25+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 25.