Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, female in Uruguay
Uruguay: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, female was 0.35 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, female in Uruguay, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, female in Uruguay stood at 0.35. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 59.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, female in Uruguay peaked at 0.35 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.1, in 1960.
That places Uruguay 79th 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 25+, female in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.1 | — |
| 1965 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.14 | +40.0% |
| 1975 | 0.18 | +28.6% |
| 1980 | 0.22 | +22.2% |
| 1985 | 0.26 | +18.2% |
| 1990 | 0.24 | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 0.15 | -37.5% |
| 2000 | 0.22 | +46.7% |
| 2005 | 0.35 | +59.1% |
| 2010 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.195 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.285 | 0.22 | 0.35 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.36 compare
- 77 Tunisia 0.36 compare
- 79 Argentina 0.35 compare
- 81 Brunei Darussalam 0.34 compare
- 81 Dominican Republic 0.34 compare
- 81 Iraq 0.34 compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 164,140 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 112,435 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -8.13 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 202,346 (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, female in Uruguay?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, female in Uruguay was 0.35 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 25+, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.35 in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 in 1960.
- How does Uruguay rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, female?
- Uruguay ranks 79th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, female rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.1%. 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 tertiary schooling, age 25+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 25+, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females over age 25.