Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total was 0.66 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Papua New Guinea, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Papua New Guinea stood at 0.66. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.66 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.18, in 1960.
Papua New Guinea ranks 136th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.18 | — |
| 1965 | 0.24 | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 0.35 | +45.8% |
| 1975 | 0.44 | +25.7% |
| 1980 | 0.53 | +20.5% |
| 1985 | 0.61 | +15.1% |
| 1990 | 0.66 | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 0.57 | -13.6% |
| 2000 | 0.52 | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 0.57 | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 0.66 | +15.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.395 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.57 | 0.53 | 0.61 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.615 | 0.57 | 0.66 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.545 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More education data for Papua New Guinea
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 80,915 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 226,545 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 208,353 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 655,030 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.65 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 10.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1593 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Papua New Guinea?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Papua New Guinea was 0.66 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.66 in 1990.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.18 in 1960.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 136th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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 secondary schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people over age 15.