Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana
Guyana: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total was 5 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana, 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 secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana is 5, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana peaked at 5 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.89, in 1960.
Guyana ranks 48th 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 secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.89 | — |
| 1965 | 0.89 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1.53 | +71.9% |
| 1975 | 1.89 | +23.5% |
| 1980 | 2.3 | +21.7% |
| 1985 | 2.77 | +20.4% |
| 1990 | 2.96 | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 3.61 | +22.0% |
| 2000 | 3.9 | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 4.45 | +14.1% |
| 2010 | 5 | +12.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.71 | 1.53 | 1.89 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.54 | 2.3 | 2.77 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.29 | 2.96 | 3.61 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.17 | 3.9 | 4.45 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
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More education data for Guyana
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 5,525 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 805 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 12,808 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5,646 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana was 5 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 20-24, total recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.89 in 1960.
- How does Guyana rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Guyana ranks 48th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.2%. 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 secondary schooling, age 20-24, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 20-24.