Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Belgium
Belgium: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 4.7% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Belgium, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Belgium stood at 4.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Belgium peaked at 4.7% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 1970.
That places Belgium 84th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.2% | — |
| 1965 | 1.4% | -35.6% |
| 1970 | 1.2% | -14.7% |
| 1975 | 2.2% | +83.6% |
| 1980 | 3.1% | +40.2% |
| 1985 | 4.5% | +42.7% |
| 1990 | 4.7% | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 4.5% | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 4.1% | -9.5% |
| 2005 | 4.7% | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 4.7% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.8% | 1.4% | 2.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.2% | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.8% | 3.1% | 4.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.4% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 17,384 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 221,494 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 210,503 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.18 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 814,388 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1356 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0691 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Belgium?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Belgium was 4.7% 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7% in 1990.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 1970.
- How does Belgium rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Belgium ranks 84th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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