Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Guatemala
Guatemala: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total was 5 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Guatemala, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 5 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Guatemala peaked at 5 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.33, in 1960.
Guatemala ranks 123rd of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.33 | — |
| 1965 | 1.69 | +27.1% |
| 1970 | 1.65 | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 2.18 | +32.1% |
| 1980 | 3.07 | +40.8% |
| 1985 | 3.24 | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 3.94 | +21.6% |
| 1995 | 4.14 | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 4.67 | +12.8% |
| 2005 | 4.61 | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 5 | +8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.51 | 1.33 | 1.69 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.92 | 1.65 | 2.18 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.16 | 3.07 | 3.24 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.04 | 3.94 | 4.14 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.64 | 4.61 | 4.67 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
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More education data for Guatemala
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 22.73 % change on previous year (2015)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 82,077 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 40,285 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 279,477 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 25.62 % change on previous year (2015)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 225,289 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 19.56 % change on previous year (2015)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Guatemala?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Guatemala was 5 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 30-34, total recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.33 in 1960.
- How does Guatemala rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total?
- Guatemala ranks 123rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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 30-34, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 30-34, total is the average years of education completed among people age 30-34.