Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 58.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Afghanistan, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Afghanistan is 58.4%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Afghanistan peaked at 93.0% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 58.4%, in 2010.
That places Afghanistan 6th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 93.0% | — |
| 1965 | 92.0% | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 88.8% | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 85.7% | -3.5% |
| 1980 | 82.0% | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 77.8% | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 75.0% | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 73.2% | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 67.8% | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 65.7% | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 58.4% | -11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 92.5% | 92.0% | 93.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 87.3% | 85.7% | 88.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 79.9% | 77.8% | 82.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 74.1% | 73.2% | 75.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 66.8% | 65.7% | 67.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 58.4% | 58.4% | 58.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More education data for Afghanistan
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 88,020 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 343,942 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 13,837 (2003)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 10,383 (2003)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.43 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 7.51 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1811 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Afghanistan?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Afghanistan was 58.4% 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+ with no education recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 93.0% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.4% in 2010.
- How does Afghanistan rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Afghanistan ranks 6th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with no education