Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with no education in United States of America

United States of America: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with no education was 0.3% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
0.3%
World rank
121st
of 144 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 1970
All-time low
0.3%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with no education in United States of America, 1960–2010

0.20.40.60.811960198520101960: 0.81965: 0.821970: 0.91975: 0.741980: 0.61985: 0.721990: 0.91995: 0.432000: 0.332005: 0.412010: 0.28

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

Analysis

In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 35-39 with no education in United States of America stood at 0.3%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 15.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 35-39 with no education in United States of America peaked at 0.9% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2010.

That places United States of America 121st 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 35-39 with no education in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with no education in United States of America, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 0.8%
1965 0.8% +2.5%
1970 0.9% +9.8%
1975 0.7% -17.8%
1980 0.6% -18.9%
1985 0.7% +20.0%
1990 0.9% +25.0%
1995 0.4% -52.2%
2000 0.3% -23.3%
2005 0.4% +24.2%
2010 0.3% -31.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 2
1970s 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% 2
1980s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 2
1990s 0.7% 0.4% 0.9% 2
2000s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 2
2010s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1

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  1. 118 Ukraine 0.3% compare
  2. 119 Argentina 0.3% compare
  3. 119 Slovakia 0.3% compare
  4. 122 Hungary 0.3% compare
  5. 122 Slovenia 0.3% compare
  6. 124 Latvia 0.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 35-39 with no education in United States of America?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 35-39 with no education in United States of America was 0.3% 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 35-39 with no education recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 1970.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 35-39 with no education recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2010.
How does United States of America rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 35-39 with no education?
United States of America ranks 121st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 35-39 with no education rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United States of America 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 35-39 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 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 35-39 with no education