Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Ireland
Ireland: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary was 26.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Ireland, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Ireland is 26.4%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Ireland peaked at 73.8% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 26.4%, in 2010.
Ireland ranks 64th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 73.8% | — |
| 1965 | 66.0% | -10.6% |
| 1970 | 69.4% | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 70.1% | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 59.1% | -15.7% |
| 1985 | 61.3% | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 50.5% | -17.7% |
| 1995 | 46.5% | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 37.8% | -18.6% |
| 2005 | 35.5% | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 26.4% | -25.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69.9% | 66.0% | 73.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 69.8% | 69.4% | 70.1% | 2 |
| 1980s | 60.2% | 59.1% | 61.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 48.5% | 46.5% | 50.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 36.6% | 35.5% | 37.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 26.4% | 26.4% | 26.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More education data for Ireland
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 32,531 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,942 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 52,745 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49,975 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 456,625 (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 548,873 (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.49 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1053 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Ireland?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Ireland was 26.4% 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 73.8% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.4% in 2010.
- How does Ireland rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary?
- Ireland ranks 64th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)