Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 55-59, total in Uruguay
Uruguay: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 55-59, total was 2.07 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 55-59, total in Uruguay, 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 55-59, total in Uruguay stood at 2.07. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 55-59, total in Uruguay peaked at 2.07 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.44, in 1960.
That places Uruguay 75th 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 secondary schooling, age 55-59, total in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.44 | — |
| 1965 | 0.46 | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 0.73 | +58.7% |
| 1975 | 0.73 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.94 | +28.8% |
| 1985 | 0.99 | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 1.33 | +34.3% |
| 1995 | 1.54 | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 1.98 | +28.6% |
| 2005 | 1.89 | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 2.07 | +9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.965 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.44 | 1.33 | 1.54 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.94 | 1.89 | 1.98 | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 1 |
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More education data for Uruguay
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 16,363 (1997)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 506 (1997)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 125,890 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.76 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 76,456 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.23 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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 55-59, total in Uruguay?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 55-59, total in Uruguay was 2.07 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 55-59, total recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2.07 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 55-59, total recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.44 in 1960.
- How does Uruguay rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 55-59, total?
- Uruguay ranks 75th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 55-59, total rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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 55-59, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 55-59, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 55-59.