Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Gambia
Gambia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary was 0.7% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Gambia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Gambia stood at 0.7%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 32.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Gambia peaked at 0.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1980.
That places Gambia 135th 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 55-59 with primary in Gambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.3% | — |
| 1965 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.2% | -23.3% |
| 1985 | 0.3% | +17.4% |
| 1990 | 0.3% | +25.9% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | +88.2% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | -17.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | +29.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More education data for Gambia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12,452 (2021)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 16,389 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 71,238 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 77,061 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 369,783 (2021)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 442,901 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1569 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Gambia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Gambia was 0.7% 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 55-59 with primary recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1980.
- How does Gambia rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary?
- Gambia ranks 135th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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 55-59 with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Completed Primary