Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Gambia
Gambia: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total was 0.58 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Gambia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Gambia stood at 0.58. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Gambia peaked at 0.58 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.16, in 1960.
Gambia ranks 126th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Gambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.16 | — |
| 1965 | 0.17 | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 0.18 | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 0.2 | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 0.24 | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 0.29 | +20.8% |
| 1990 | 0.38 | +31.0% |
| 1995 | 0.46 | +21.1% |
| 2000 | 0.5 | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 0.54 | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 0.58 | +7.4% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 0.58 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.51, 1.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 0.58 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.795, 73% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.165 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.2 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.265 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.46 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.52 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More reference data data for Gambia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0121 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2798 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.3524 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0232 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.3524 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0407 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0331 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1264 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Gambia?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total in Gambia was 0.58 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.58 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.16 in 1960.
- How does Gambia rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total?
- Gambia ranks 126th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 75+, total rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.