Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Cameroon
Cameroon: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total was 1.15 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Cameroon, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 1.15 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 49.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Cameroon peaked at 1.15 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.35, in 1960.
That places Cameroon 113th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.355 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.365 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.385 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.545 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.825 | 0.77 | 0.88 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Cameroon?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Cameroon was 1.15 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.35 in 1960.
- How does Cameroon rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total?
- Cameroon ranks 113th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 75+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 75.