Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in Gabon
Gabon: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total was 0.36 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in Gabon, 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 20-24, total in Gabon is 0.36, measured in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in Gabon peaked at 0.46 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.03, in 1960.
That places Gabon 58th 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 tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in Gabon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.03 | — |
| 1965 | 0.1 | +233.3% |
| 1970 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.31 | +210.0% |
| 1980 | 0.31 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.42 | +35.5% |
| 1990 | 0.42 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.46 | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 0.42 | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 0.36 | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 0.36 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.065 | 0.03 | 0.1 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.205 | 0.1 | 0.31 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.365 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.46 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.39 | 0.36 | 0.42 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More education data for Gabon
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10,935 (2019)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in Gabon?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total in Gabon was 0.36 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 20-24, total recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.46 in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 in 1960.
- How does Gabon rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Gabon ranks 58th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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 20-24, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 20-24.