Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Uganda
Uganda: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education was 26.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 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 50-54 with no education in Uganda is 26.9%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Uganda peaked at 89.2% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 26.9%, in 2010.
That places Uganda 43rd 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 50-54 with no education in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 89.2% | — |
| 1965 | 88.2% | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 80.3% | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 80.2% | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 71.0% | -11.4% |
| 1985 | 66.1% | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 57.5% | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 54.9% | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 39.4% | -28.2% |
| 2005 | 37.3% | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 26.9% | -28.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88.7% | 88.2% | 89.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 80.2% | 80.2% | 80.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 68.6% | 66.1% | 71.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 56.2% | 54.9% | 57.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 38.4% | 37.3% | 39.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 26.9% | 26.9% | 26.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 63,957 (2014)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 778,349 (2017)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 301,523 (2017)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Uganda?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Uganda was 26.9% 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 50-54 with no education recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 89.2% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.9% in 2010.
- How does Uganda rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education?
- Uganda ranks 43rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.8%. 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 50-54 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education