Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in United States of America

United States of America: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education was 0.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
0.4%
World rank
119th
of 144 countries
All-time high
1.4%
in 1965
All-time low
0.4%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in United States of America, 1960–2010

0.50.7511.21.51960198520101960: 1.41965: 1.41970: 11975: 11980: 0.81985: 1.11990: 1.11995: 0.562000: 0.422005: 0.42010: 0.38

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

Analysis

In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in United States of America stood at 0.4%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 9.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in United States of America peaked at 1.4% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2010.

That places United States of America 119th 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 50-54 with no education in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in United States of America, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 1.4%
1965 1.4% +3.6%
1970 1.0% -31.0%
1975 1.0% +0.0%
1980 0.8% -20.0%
1985 1.1% +40.0%
1990 1.1% -1.8%
1995 0.6% -49.1%
2000 0.4% -25.0%
2005 0.4% -4.8%
2010 0.4% -5.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 2
1970s 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 2
1980s 1.0% 0.8% 1.1% 2
1990s 0.8% 0.6% 1.1% 2
2000s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 2
2010s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 116 Uruguay 0.6% compare
  2. 117 Croatia 0.6% compare
  3. 118 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% compare
  4. 120 Hungary 0.4% compare
  5. 121 Canada 0.3% compare
  6. 122 Russian Federation 0.3% compare

See the full ranking of 144 places →

More education data for United States of America

All data for United States of America →

Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in United States of America?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in United States of America was 0.4% 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 United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 1965.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2010.
How does United States of America rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education?
United States of America ranks 119th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. 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 50-54 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in United States of America. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-50-54-with-no-education/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-50-54-with-no-education/united-states/">Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in United States of America</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 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
Last refreshed

Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education