Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female was 11.13 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Trinidad and Tobago, 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 total schooling, age 15-19, female in Trinidad and Tobago is 11.13, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 11.13 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.62, in 1960.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.62 | — |
| 1965 | 7.2 | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 7.83 | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 7.92 | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 8.72 | +10.1% |
| 1985 | 9.04 | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 9.69 | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 9.94 | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 10.13 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 10.47 | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 11.13 | +6.3% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 11.13 is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.27, 1.2× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 11.13 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8.92, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.91 | 6.62 | 7.2 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.88 | 7.83 | 7.92 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.88 | 8.72 | 9.04 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.81 | 9.69 | 9.94 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.3 | 10.13 | 10.47 | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.13 | 11.13 | 11.13 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
More education data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7,950 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 8,036 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 12,546 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 12,926 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 91,195 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 126,491 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0924 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Trinidad and Tobago was 11.13 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 11.13 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.62 in 1960.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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 total schooling, age 15-19, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of education completed among females age 15-19.