Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Portugal
Portugal: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary was 48.9% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Portugal, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 48.9% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 34.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Portugal peaked at 48.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 15.8%, in 1970.
Portugal ranks 4th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Portugal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 23.6% | — |
| 1965 | 18.1% | -23.3% |
| 1970 | 15.8% | -12.7% |
| 1975 | 17.1% | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 25.7% | +50.7% |
| 1985 | 25.6% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 30.2% | +17.8% |
| 1995 | 30.9% | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 36.3% | +17.5% |
| 2005 | 36.0% | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 48.9% | +35.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.8% | 18.1% | 23.6% | 2 |
| 1970s | 16.4% | 15.8% | 17.1% | 2 |
| 1980s | 25.7% | 25.6% | 25.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 30.6% | 30.2% | 30.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 36.1% | 36.0% | 36.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 48.9% | 48.9% | 48.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More education data for Portugal
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 82,664 (2018)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 11,380 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 136,282 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 128,743 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 741,752 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 598,661 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Portugal?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Portugal was 48.9% 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 60-64 with primary recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 48.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.8% in 1970.
- How does Portugal rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary?
- Portugal ranks 4th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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 60-64 with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Completed Primary