Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education was 0.2% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 0.2%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 95.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 3.3% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2010.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 135th 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 25+ with no education in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.4% | — |
| 1965 | 2.0% | -15.1% |
| 1970 | 2.0% | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 1.9% | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 2.1% | +8.9% |
| 1985 | 3.3% | +56.9% |
| 1990 | 3.0% | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 3.0% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 3.2% | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -53.8% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -89.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.7% | 2.1% | 3.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | 1.5% | 3.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 |
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More education data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 388,714 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2012)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 830,495 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 790,556 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.40 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.86 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.0111 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.071 units per person (2023)
All data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland →
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 0.2% 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 1985.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2010.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 135th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 95.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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