Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Uruguay
Uruguay: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary was 47.9% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Uruguay, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Secondary.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 47.9% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Uruguay peaked at 50.2% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 9.0%, in 1960.
That places Uruguay 61st out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9.0% | — |
| 1965 | 13.5% | +50.6% |
| 1970 | 13.6% | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 19.9% | +46.0% |
| 1980 | 21.2% | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 33.5% | +58.1% |
| 1990 | 33.9% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 50.2% | +48.0% |
| 2000 | 46.6% | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 44.0% | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 47.9% | +8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.2% | 9.0% | 13.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 16.8% | 13.6% | 19.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 27.3% | 21.2% | 33.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 42.1% | 33.9% | 50.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 45.3% | 44.0% | 46.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 47.9% | 47.9% | 47.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,390 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,520 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,513 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0849 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Uruguay?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary in Uruguay was 47.9% 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 40-44 with secondary recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 50.2% in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.0% in 1960.
- How does Uruguay rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary?
- Uruguay ranks 61st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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 40-44 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)