Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary in Uruguay
Uruguay: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary was 5.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary in Uruguay, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 5.5% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary in Uruguay peaked at 8.1% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 1965.
That places Uruguay 87th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.6% | — |
| 1965 | 1.5% | -7.4% |
| 1970 | 2.1% | +37.3% |
| 1975 | 3.9% | +87.9% |
| 1980 | 4.6% | +18.9% |
| 1985 | 6.1% | +33.0% |
| 1990 | 7.2% | +18.3% |
| 1995 | 8.1% | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 7.2% | -11.3% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | -25.2% |
| 2010 | 5.5% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.0% | 2.1% | 3.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.4% | 4.6% | 6.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 7.7% | 7.2% | 8.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.3% | 5.4% | 7.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,390 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,520 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,513 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0849 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary in Uruguay?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary in Uruguay was 5.5% 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 30-34 with tertiary recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 1965.
- How does Uruguay rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary?
- Uruguay ranks 87th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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 30-34 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary