Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Uganda
Uganda: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary was 17.1% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Uganda, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Secondary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Uganda is 17.1%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 186.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Uganda peaked at 17.1% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 1960.
Uganda ranks 137th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.5% | — |
| 1965 | 5.9% | +30.4% |
| 1970 | 8.0% | +36.3% |
| 1975 | 7.5% | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 7.2% | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 11.1% | +52.8% |
| 1990 | 13.2% | +19.4% |
| 1995 | 8.5% | -35.4% |
| 2000 | 6.0% | -30.1% |
| 2005 | 8.7% | +45.4% |
| 2010 | 17.1% | +97.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.2% | 4.5% | 5.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.8% | 7.5% | 8.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 9.2% | 7.2% | 11.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.9% | 8.5% | 13.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.3% | 6.0% | 8.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 17.1% | 17.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 63,957 (2014)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 778,349 (2017)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 301,523 (2017)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 307,450 (2017)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.03 million (2007)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 8.84 million (2017)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.13 % change on previous year (2017)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.22 units per person (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Uganda?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Uganda was 17.1% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 17.1% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 1960.
- How does Uganda rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary?
- Uganda ranks 137th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 186.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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 population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)