Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Namibia
Namibia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 33.0% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Namibia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Namibia is 33.0%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 42.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Namibia peaked at 33.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 1960.
Namibia ranks 11th of 144 countries on this measure, 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+ with primary in Namibia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.9% | — |
| 1965 | 9.0% | +53.8% |
| 1970 | 11.1% | +22.5% |
| 1975 | 12.9% | +16.6% |
| 1980 | 14.7% | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 15.2% | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 17.1% | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 21.0% | +23.0% |
| 2000 | 23.2% | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 28.9% | +24.4% |
| 2010 | 33.0% | +14.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.4% | 5.9% | 9.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 12.0% | 11.1% | 12.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 15.0% | 14.7% | 15.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 19.0% | 17.1% | 21.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 26.0% | 23.2% | 28.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 33.0% | 33.0% | 33.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More education data for Namibia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10,653 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 90,003 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 26,964 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27,746 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 236,050 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 590,029 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1947 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Namibia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Namibia was 33.0% 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+ with primary recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 33.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 1960.
- How does Namibia rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Namibia ranks 11th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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 primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary