Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Canada

Canada: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education was 0.6% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
0.6%
World rank
125th
of 144 countries
All-time high
2.0%
in 1980
All-time low
0.6%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Canada, 1960–2010

0.511.521960198520101960: 1.71965: 1.61970: 1.41975: 1.81980: 21985: 1.21990: 0.991995: 12000: 12005: 0.682010: 0.58

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

Canada recorded 0.6% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 42.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Canada peaked at 2.0% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2010.

That places Canada 125th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 25+ with no education in Canada, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Canada, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 1.7%
1965 1.6% -6.5%
1970 1.4% -11.9%
1975 1.8% +28.6%
1980 2.0% +11.1%
1985 1.2% -39.5%
1990 1.0% -18.2%
1995 1.0% +3.0%
2000 1.0% -2.0%
2005 0.7% -32.0%
2010 0.6% -14.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.6% 1.6% 1.7% 2
1970s 1.6% 1.4% 1.8% 2
1980s 1.6% 1.2% 2.0% 2
1990s 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 2
2000s 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 2
2010s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 1

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 122 Ireland 0.8% compare
  2. 123 Tonga 0.8% compare
  3. 124 Australia 0.8% compare
  4. 126 Slovenia 0.5% compare
  5. 127 Armenia 0.4% compare
  6. 128 United States of America 0.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Canada?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Canada was 0.6% 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+ with no education recorded in Canada?
The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 1980.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2010.
How does Canada rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education?
Canada ranks 125th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in Canada?
Over the last ten years it is down 42.0%. 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 25+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of population age 25+ with no education