Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Canada
Canada: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 0.7% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Canada, 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 Canada is 0.7%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Canada peaked at 1.6% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2010.
Canada ranks 126th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.4% | — |
| 1965 | 1.3% | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 1.1% | -18.8% |
| 1975 | 1.4% | +32.4% |
| 1980 | 1.6% | +11.2% |
| 1985 | 1.0% | -37.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8% | -17.0% |
| 1995 | 0.9% | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | -14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More education data for Canada
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 273,465 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.70 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.43 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0607 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.43 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.83 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Canada?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Canada was 0.7% 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 1980.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2010.
- How does Canada rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Canada ranks 126th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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