Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Guatemala
Guatemala: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary was 41.7% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Guatemala, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 41.7% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Guatemala peaked at 41.9% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 17.5%, in 1965.
That places Guatemala 22nd 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 25+ with primary in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 18.1% | — |
| 1965 | 17.5% | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 17.5% | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 19.3% | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 30.0% | +55.1% |
| 1985 | 31.8% | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 33.6% | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 36.0% | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 38.2% | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 41.9% | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 41.7% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.8% | 17.5% | 18.1% | 2 |
| 1970s | 18.4% | 17.5% | 19.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 30.9% | 30.0% | 31.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 34.8% | 33.6% | 36.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 40.0% | 38.2% | 41.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 41.7% | 41.7% | 41.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
More education data for Guatemala
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 122,548 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 247,917 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 335,306 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 328,468 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.13 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.3948 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1317 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Guatemala?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Guatemala was 41.7% 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 25+ with primary recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 41.9% in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.5% in 1965.
- How does Guatemala rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary?
- Guatemala ranks 22nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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 25+ 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 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)