Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. in Uganda
Uganda: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. was 52.6% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. in Uganda, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 52.6% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. in Uganda peaked at 63.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 24.5%, in 1960.
That places Uganda 10th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 24.5% | — |
| 1965 | 30.5% | +24.7% |
| 1970 | 37.9% | +24.1% |
| 1975 | 44.6% | +17.8% |
| 1980 | 51.7% | +15.7% |
| 1985 | 53.2% | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 50.3% | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 57.4% | +14.1% |
| 2000 | 63.4% | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 62.0% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 52.6% | -15.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27.5% | 24.5% | 30.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 41.3% | 37.9% | 44.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 52.4% | 51.7% | 53.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 53.8% | 50.3% | 57.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 62.7% | 62.0% | 63.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 52.6% | 52.6% | 52.6% | 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 25-29 with primary schooling. in Uganda?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. in Uganda was 52.6% 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 25-29 with primary schooling. recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 63.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.5% in 1960.
- How does Uganda rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling.?
- Uganda ranks 10th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. 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 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)