Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 43.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea is 43.5%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Papua New Guinea peaked at 43.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 1960.
That places Papua New Guinea 21st out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.2% | — |
| 1965 | 12.8% | +56.0% |
| 1970 | 15.2% | +19.0% |
| 1975 | 15.6% | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 18.8% | +20.6% |
| 1985 | 21.1% | +12.0% |
| 1990 | 25.7% | +22.0% |
| 1995 | 32.6% | +26.9% |
| 2000 | 38.9% | +19.1% |
| 2005 | 42.8% | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 43.5% | +1.7% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 43.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 33.3%, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 43.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 24.6%, 1.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.5% | 8.2% | 12.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 15.4% | 15.2% | 15.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 19.9% | 18.8% | 21.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 29.2% | 25.7% | 32.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 40.8% | 38.9% | 42.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 43.5% | 43.5% | 43.5% | 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+ with primary in Papua New Guinea?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Papua New Guinea was 43.5% 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 43.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 1960.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 21st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. 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+ 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)