Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Uganda
Uganda: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary was 79.6% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Uganda, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 79.6% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in 2010.
The figure is down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Uganda peaked at 89.2% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 14.9%, in 1960.
That places Uganda 2nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 14.9% | — |
| 1965 | 23.4% | +57.2% |
| 1970 | 39.7% | +69.4% |
| 1975 | 50.9% | +28.1% |
| 1980 | 47.4% | -6.8% |
| 1985 | 57.1% | +20.5% |
| 1990 | 61.7% | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 82.9% | +34.3% |
| 2000 | 82.3% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 89.2% | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 79.6% | -10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.2% | 14.9% | 23.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 45.3% | 39.7% | 50.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 52.3% | 47.4% | 57.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 72.3% | 61.7% | 82.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 85.8% | 82.3% | 89.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 79.6% | 79.6% | 79.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 63,957 (2014)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 778,349 (2017)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 301,523 (2017)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 307,450 (2017)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.03 million (2007)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 8.84 million (2017)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.13 % change on previous year (2017)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.22 units per person (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Uganda?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Uganda was 79.6% 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 89.2% in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.9% in 1960.
- How does Uganda rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary?
- Uganda ranks 2nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)