Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary in Namibia
Namibia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary was 1.7% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary in Namibia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Tertiary.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 1.7% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary in 2010.
The figure is down 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary in Namibia peaked at 2.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 1965.
That places Namibia 118th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 tertiary in Namibia, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Tertiary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.4% | — |
| 1965 | 1.3% | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 1.4% | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 1.5% | +10.2% |
| 1980 | 1.7% | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 2.0% | +16.6% |
| 1990 | 2.2% | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 2.4% | +10.9% |
| 2000 | 2.6% | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | -22.3% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | -16.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 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 tertiary in Namibia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary in Namibia was 1.7% 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 tertiary recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 1965.
- How does Namibia rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary?
- Namibia ranks 118th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.0%. 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 tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)