Share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Uganda
Uganda: Share in poverty vs. educational attainment was 8.87 years in 2040. ▲ Rising
Share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Uganda, 1980–2040
Source: Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Uganda is 8.87 years, measured in 2040. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Uganda peaked at 8.87 years in 2040 and was at its lowest, 2.4 years, in 1980.
That places Uganda 116th out of 146 countries with data for 2040, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.71 years | 2.4 years | 3.02 years | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.94 years | 3.71 years | 4.17 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.83 years | 4.56 years | 5.11 years | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.07 years | 5.87 years | 6.27 years | 2 |
| 2020s | 6.93 years | 6.69 years | 7.16 years | 2 |
| 2030s | 7.97 years | 7.69 years | 8.26 years | 2 |
| 2040s | 8.87 years | 8.87 years | 8.87 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.2% (2017)
- Primary education, teachers 207,238 (2017)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.17 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.8% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Uganda?
- Share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Uganda was 8.87 years in 2040, according to Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share in poverty vs. educational attainment recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 8.87 years in 2040.
- What is the lowest share in poverty vs. educational attainment recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4 years in 1980.
- How does Uganda rank for share in poverty vs. educational attainment?
- Uganda ranks 116th out of 146 countries with data for 2040.
- Is share in poverty vs. educational attainment rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share in poverty vs. educational attainment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average years of formal education for individuals aged 15-64.