Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with no education in Niger
Niger: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with no education was 70.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with no education in Niger, 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 20-24 with no education in Niger is 70.0%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with no education in Niger peaked at 91.6% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 70.0%, in 2010.
That places Niger 1st 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 20-24 with no education in Niger, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 90.4% | — |
| 1965 | 91.5% | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 91.6% | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 90.6% | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 86.8% | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 83.0% | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 78.4% | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 73.4% | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 71.4% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 72.4% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 70.0% | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91.0% | 90.4% | 91.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 91.1% | 90.6% | 91.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 84.9% | 83.0% | 86.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 75.9% | 73.4% | 78.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 71.9% | 71.4% | 72.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 70.0% | 70.0% | 70.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 2 Mali 69.5% compare
- 3 Mozambique 63.1% compare
- 4 Afghanistan 54.5% compare
More education data for Niger
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 98,608 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 870,368 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.00 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.6666 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1111 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.6666 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with no education in Niger?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with no education in Niger was 70.0% 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 20-24 with no education recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 91.6% in 1970.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with no education recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.0% in 2010.
- How does Niger rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with no education?
- Niger ranks 1st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with no education rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger 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 20-24 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 20-24 with no education