Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Guyana
Guyana: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total was 5.31 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Guyana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 5.31 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Guyana peaked at 5.31 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.05, in 1960.
Guyana ranks 66th of 144 countries on this measure, 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 35-39, total in Guyana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.05 | — |
| 1965 | 4.42 | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 4.42 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4.75 | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 4.75 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5.04 | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 5.06 | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 5.11 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 5.1 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.09 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 5.31 | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.23 | 4.05 | 4.42 | 2 |
| 1970s | 4.58 | 4.42 | 4.75 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.89 | 4.75 | 5.04 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.08 | 5.06 | 5.11 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.09 | 5.09 | 5.1 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.31 | 5.31 | 5.31 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More education data for Guyana
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6,330 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Guyana?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Guyana was 5.31 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 35-39, total recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 5.31 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.05 in 1960.
- How does Guyana rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total?
- Guyana ranks 66th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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 35-39, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 35-39, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 35-39.