Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana
Guyana: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total was 10.51 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana stood at 10.51. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana peaked at 10.51 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.67, in 1960.
Guyana ranks 69th 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 20-24, total in Guyana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.67 | — |
| 1965 | 5.67 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6.5 | +14.6% |
| 1975 | 6.99 | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 7.49 | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 7.87 | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 8.11 | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 8.93 | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 9.22 | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 10.01 | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 10.51 | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.67 | 5.67 | 5.67 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.75 | 6.5 | 6.99 | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.68 | 7.49 | 7.87 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.52 | 8.11 | 8.93 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.62 | 9.22 | 10.01 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.51 | 10.51 | 10.51 | 1 |
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More education data for Guyana
- 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 0.0497 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6,330 (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 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Guyana was 10.51 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 20-24, total recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 10.51 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.67 in 1960.
- How does Guyana rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Guyana ranks 69th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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 20-24, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of education completed among people age 20-24.