Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education was 66.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Papua New Guinea, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 66.0% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Papua New Guinea peaked at 95.9% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 66.0%, in 2010.
Papua New Guinea ranks 16th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 95.9% | — |
| 1965 | 94.8% | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 94.8% | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 93.3% | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 94.4% | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 93.3% | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 93.3% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 83.3% | -10.6% |
| 2000 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 67.0% | -19.7% |
| 2010 | 66.0% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95.3% | 94.8% | 95.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 94.0% | 93.3% | 94.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 93.8% | 93.3% | 94.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 88.3% | 83.3% | 93.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 75.2% | 67.0% | 83.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 66.0% | 66.0% | 66.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More education data for Papua New Guinea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14,791 (2016)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 80,915 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 226,545 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 208,353 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 655,030 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.65 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 10.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1593 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Papua New Guinea?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Papua New Guinea was 66.0% 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 55-59 with no education recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 95.9% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.0% in 2010.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 16th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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 55-59 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education