Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Venezuela
Venezuela: Gender ratios for mean years of schooling was 1.06 in 2016. ▲ Rising
Latest (2016)
1.06
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
12th
of 121 countries
All-time high
1.07
in 2011
All-time low
0.8086
in 1971
Years of data
11
1971–2016
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Venezuela, 1971–2016
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2016, gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Venezuela stood at 1.06.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Venezuela peaked at 1.07 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.8086, in 1971.
Venezuela ranks 12th of 121 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Venezuela, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.8086 | — |
| 1981 | 0.8903 | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 0.956 | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9551 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.04 | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 1.05 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.05 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.06 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 1.07 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1.07 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.06 | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8086 | 0.8086 | 0.8086 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.8903 | 0.8903 | 0.8903 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.956 | 0.956 | 0.956 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.03 | 0.9551 | 1.06 | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.07 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
- 9 Saint Lucia 1.06 compare
- 10 Jamaica 1.06 compare
- 11 Estonia 1.06 compare
- 13 Puerto Rico 1.05 compare
- 14 Uruguay 1.05 compare
- 15 Philippines 1.05 compare
More education data for Venezuela
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 352,723 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.1% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Venezuela?
- Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Venezuela was 1.06 in 2016, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 in 2011.
- What is the lowest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8086 in 1971.
- How does Venezuela rank for gender ratios for mean years of schooling?
- Venezuela ranks 12th out of 121 countries with data for 2016.
- Is gender ratios for mean years of schooling rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Gender ratios for mean years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).