Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Egypt
Egypt: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 8.2% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Egypt, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Egypt is 8.2%, measured in 2010.
That represents a change of down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Egypt peaked at 11.6% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 1960.
Egypt ranks 117th 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+ with primary in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3.7% | — |
| 1965 | 5.2% | +40.6% |
| 1970 | 7.1% | +38.4% |
| 1975 | 7.8% | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 9.6% | +23.3% |
| 1985 | 11.6% | +21.3% |
| 1990 | 10.2% | -12.2% |
| 1995 | 10.5% | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 10.6% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 8.3% | -21.9% |
| 2010 | 8.2% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.4% | 3.7% | 5.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.4% | 7.1% | 7.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.6% | 9.6% | 11.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.3% | 10.2% | 10.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.4% | 8.3% | 10.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 8.2% | 8.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 507,445 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 95,355 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 759,210 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 718,435 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 11.56 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.40 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1322 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Egypt?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Egypt was 8.2% 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 1985.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 1960.
- How does Egypt rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Egypt ranks 117th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)