Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Uganda
Uganda: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education was 17.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Uganda, 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+ with no education in Uganda stood at 17.4%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 48.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Uganda peaked at 86.0% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 2010.
Uganda ranks 50th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 86.0% | — |
| 1965 | 83.3% | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 77.1% | -7.5% |
| 1975 | 70.1% | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 65.2% | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 58.2% | -10.7% |
| 1990 | 48.5% | -16.6% |
| 1995 | 39.9% | -17.8% |
| 2000 | 33.7% | -15.4% |
| 2005 | 25.2% | -25.3% |
| 2010 | 17.4% | -31.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.7% | 83.3% | 86.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 73.6% | 70.1% | 77.1% | 2 |
| 1980s | 61.7% | 58.2% | 65.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 44.2% | 39.9% | 48.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 29.5% | 25.2% | 33.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 17.4% | 17.4% | 17.4% | 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+ with no education in Uganda?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Uganda was 17.4% 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+ with no education recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 86.0% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 2010.
- How does Uganda rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education?
- Uganda ranks 50th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education