Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Uruguay
Uruguay: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary was 35.0% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Uruguay, 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 primary in Uruguay stood at 35.0%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 78.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Uruguay peaked at 35.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 17.1%, in 1995.
That places Uruguay 19th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 24.8% | — |
| 1965 | 25.3% | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 22.3% | -12.0% |
| 1975 | 22.1% | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 21.6% | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 19.6% | -9.1% |
| 1990 | 19.6% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 17.1% | -12.7% |
| 2000 | 19.6% | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 32.7% | +67.2% |
| 2010 | 35.0% | +6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.0% | 24.8% | 25.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 22.2% | 22.1% | 22.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 20.6% | 19.6% | 21.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 18.3% | 17.1% | 19.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 26.2% | 19.6% | 32.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 35.0% | 35.0% | 35.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,390 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,520 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,513 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0849 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Uruguay?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Uruguay was 35.0% 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 primary recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 35.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.1% in 1995.
- How does Uruguay rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary?
- Uruguay ranks 19th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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 primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Completed Primary