Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in Uruguay
Uruguay: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, female was 8.36 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in Uruguay, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 8.36 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in Uruguay peaked at 8.36 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.83, in 1960.
Uruguay ranks 79th 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 total schooling, age 15+, female in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.83 | — |
| 1965 | 5.18 | +7.2% |
| 1970 | 5.71 | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 6.2 | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 6.86 | +10.6% |
| 1985 | 7.46 | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 7.32 | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 7.08 | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 7.98 | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 8.15 | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 8.36 | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | 4.83 | 5.18 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.96 | 5.71 | 6.2 | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.16 | 6.86 | 7.46 | 2 |
| 1990s | 7.2 | 7.08 | 7.32 | 2 |
| 2000s | 8.07 | 7.98 | 8.15 | 2 |
| 2010s | 8.36 | 8.36 | 8.36 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 76 Macao 8.48 compare
- 77 Mauritius 8.47 compare
- 78 Peru 8.41 compare
- 80 Saudi Arabia 8.22 compare
- 81 Dominican Republic 8.14 compare
- 82 Brazil 8.07 compare
- 82 Costa Rica 8.07 compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -2.58 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18,882 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -3.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 173,668 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -3.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in Uruguay?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in Uruguay was 8.36 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 8.36 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.83 in 1960.
- How does Uruguay rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female?
- Uruguay ranks 79th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 total schooling, age 15+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15+, female is the average years of education completed among females over age 15.