Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education in Gambia
Gambia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education was 29.3% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education in Gambia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education in Gambia stood at 29.3%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education in Gambia peaked at 96.0% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 29.3%, in 2010.
That places Gambia 19th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education in Gambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 96.0% | — |
| 1965 | 93.6% | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 91.2% | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 87.8% | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 87.4% | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 83.3% | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 66.0% | -20.8% |
| 1995 | 63.8% | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 60.8% | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 39.5% | -35.1% |
| 2010 | 29.3% | -25.8% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 29.3% is below the median for low income countries, which is 42.4%, 69% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 29.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 22.5%, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94.8% | 93.6% | 96.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 89.5% | 87.8% | 91.2% | 2 |
| 1980s | 85.4% | 83.3% | 87.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 64.9% | 63.8% | 66.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 50.2% | 39.5% | 60.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 29.3% | 29.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More education data for Gambia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12,452 (2021)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 16,389 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 71,238 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 77,061 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 369,783 (2021)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 442,901 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1569 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education in Gambia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education in Gambia was 29.3% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.0% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.3% in 2010.
- How does Gambia rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education?
- Gambia ranks 19th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15-19 with no education