Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Namibia
Namibia: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 6.17 in 2010. β² Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Namibia, 1960β2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Namibia stood at 6.17. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Namibia peaked at 6.17 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3.05, in 1960.
That places Namibia 107th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.25 | 3.05 | 3.46 | 2 |
| 1970s | 4.21 | 3.95 | 4.47 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.32 | 5.02 | 5.62 | 2 |
| 1990s | 6.1 | 6.05 | 6.15 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.84 | 5.72 | 5.97 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.17 | 6.17 | 6.17 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More education data for Namibia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 21,240 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 120.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.007 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Namibia?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Namibia was 6.17 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+, total recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.17 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.05 in 1960.
- How does Namibia rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Namibia ranks 107th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 15.