Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary was 5.6% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in Papua New Guinea, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 5.6% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 223.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in Papua New Guinea peaked at 5.6% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2000.
Papua New Guinea ranks 128th 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: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.7% | — |
| 1965 | 2.9% | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 3.4% | +16.1% |
| 1975 | 3.7% | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 3.7% | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3.4% | -8.2% |
| 1990 | 2.8% | -18.3% |
| 1995 | 1.8% | -34.4% |
| 2000 | 1.7% | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 3.6% | +106.9% |
| 2010 | 5.6% | +56.4% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 5.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12.6%, 45% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 5.6% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 37.3%, 15% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 2.3% | 1.8% | 2.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.7% | 1.7% | 3.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More education data for Papua New Guinea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14,791 (2016)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 80,915 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 226,545 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 208,353 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 655,030 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.65 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 10.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1593 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in Papua New Guinea?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in Papua New Guinea was 5.6% 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 secondary recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 5.6% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 128th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 223.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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 secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary