Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education in India
India: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education was 56.6% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education in India, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
India recorded 56.6% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education in India peaked at 86.4% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 56.6%, in 2010.
That places India 32nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 60-64 with no education in India, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 83.3% | — |
| 1965 | 76.2% | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 75.4% | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 80.4% | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 86.4% | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 73.3% | -15.1% |
| 1990 | 73.0% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 69.0% | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 71.4% | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 62.5% | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 56.6% | -9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 79.7% | 76.2% | 83.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 77.9% | 75.4% | 80.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 79.9% | 73.3% | 86.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 71.0% | 69.0% | 73.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 67.0% | 62.5% | 71.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 56.6% | 56.6% | 56.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near India
More education data for India
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.52 million (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 133.16 million (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 126.12 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -8.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0862 units per person (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 126.12 million (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -8.85 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education in India?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education in India was 56.6% 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 60-64 with no education recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 86.4% in 1980.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.6% in 2010.
- How does India rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education?
- India ranks 32nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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 60-64 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).
About this data
Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education