Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Uganda
Uganda: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education was 20.7% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Uganda, 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 25+ with no education in Uganda is 20.7%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 38.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Uganda peaked at 77.4% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 20.7%, in 2010.
That places Uganda 46th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 77.4% | — |
| 1965 | 75.6% | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 71.8% | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 65.5% | -8.8% |
| 1980 | 58.6% | -10.4% |
| 1985 | 52.1% | -11.2% |
| 1990 | 46.9% | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 39.0% | -16.9% |
| 2000 | 33.8% | -13.4% |
| 2005 | 27.1% | -19.9% |
| 2010 | 20.7% | -23.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.5% | 75.6% | 77.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 68.6% | 65.5% | 71.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 55.4% | 52.1% | 58.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 42.9% | 39.0% | 46.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 30.4% | 27.1% | 33.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 20.7% | 20.7% | 20.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.84 million (2017)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.13 % change on previous year (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Uganda?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Uganda was 20.7% 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 25+ with no education recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 77.4% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.7% in 2010.
- How does Uganda rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education?
- Uganda ranks 46th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 25+ with no education