Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total was 0.03 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total in Afghanistan, 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 tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total in Afghanistan is 0.03, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total in Afghanistan peaked at 0.04 in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.03, in 1960.
Afghanistan ranks 52nd 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 tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.03 | — |
| 1965 | 0.03 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.03 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.03 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.04 | +33.3% |
| 1985 | 0.04 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.04 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.04 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.04 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.03 | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 0.03 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.035 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More education data for Afghanistan
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 7.51 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1811 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.51 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.56 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.1811 units per person (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.20 million (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total in Afghanistan?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total in Afghanistan was 0.03 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.04 in 1980.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 in 1960.
- How does Afghanistan rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total?
- Afghanistan ranks 52nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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 tertiary schooling, age 15-19, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 15-19, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 15-19.