Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary in Uruguay
Uruguay: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary was 44.2% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary in Uruguay, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 44.2% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary in Uruguay peaked at 75.4% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 43.4%, in 2005.
That places Uruguay 21st out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 75.4% | — |
| 1965 | 75.4% | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 73.4% | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 73.0% | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 66.0% | -9.5% |
| 1985 | 64.3% | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 55.7% | -13.3% |
| 1995 | 59.9% | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 44.8% | -25.2% |
| 2005 | 43.4% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 44.2% | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75.4% | 75.4% | 75.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 73.2% | 73.0% | 73.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 65.2% | 64.3% | 66.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 57.8% | 55.7% | 59.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 44.1% | 43.4% | 44.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 44.2% | 44.2% | 44.2% | 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 45-49 with primary in Uruguay?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary in Uruguay was 44.2% 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 45-49 with primary recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 75.4% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.4% in 2005.
- How does Uruguay rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary?
- Uruguay ranks 21st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 45-49 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 45-49 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)