Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Eswatini
Eswatini: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total was 3.16 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Eswatini, 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 45-49, total in Eswatini stood at 3.16.
That represents a change of down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Eswatini peaked at 3.89 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.21, in 1960.
That places Eswatini 130th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 45-49, total in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.21 | — |
| 1965 | 1.21 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1.87 | +54.5% |
| 1975 | 2.15 | +15.0% |
| 1980 | 3.09 | +43.7% |
| 1985 | 3.17 | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 3.89 | +22.7% |
| 1995 | 3.49 | -10.3% |
| 2000 | 3.76 | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 2.97 | -21.0% |
| 2010 | 3.16 | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.21 | 1.21 | 1.21 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.01 | 1.87 | 2.15 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.13 | 3.09 | 3.17 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.69 | 3.49 | 3.89 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.37 | 2.97 | 3.76 | 2 |
| 2010s | 3.16 | 3.16 | 3.16 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 127 Sudan 3.39 compare
- 128 Central African Republic 3.36 compare
- 129 Cambodia 3.33 compare
- 131 Mauritania 3.11 compare
- 132 Benin 3.04 compare
- 133 Sierra Leone 2.76 compare
More education data for Eswatini
- 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 0.0994 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 8,880 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Eswatini?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Eswatini was 3.16 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 45-49, total recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 3.89 in 1990.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.21 in 1960.
- How does Eswatini rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total?
- Eswatini ranks 130th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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 45-49, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 45-49, total is the average years of education completed among people age 45-49.