Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Ghana

Ghana: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education was 81.5% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
81.5%
World rank
39th
of 144 countries
All-time high
96.9%
in 1960
All-time low
81.5%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Ghana, 1960–2010

0204060801001960198520101960: 96.91965: 96.71970: 96.41975: 96.31980: 96.21985: 95.11990: 94.71995: 94.12000: 93.82005: 87.42010: 81.5

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

Ghana recorded 81.5% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is down 13.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Ghana peaked at 96.9% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 81.5%, in 2010.

Ghana ranks 39th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Ghana, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Ghana, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 96.9%
1965 96.7% -0.2%
1970 96.4% -0.4%
1975 96.3% -0.1%
1980 96.2% -0.1%
1985 95.1% -1.1%
1990 94.7% -0.5%
1995 94.1% -0.6%
2000 93.8% -0.3%
2005 87.4% -6.8%
2010 81.5% -6.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 96.8% 96.7% 96.9% 2
1970s 96.4% 96.3% 96.4% 2
1980s 95.7% 95.1% 96.2% 2
1990s 94.4% 94.1% 94.7% 2
2000s 90.6% 87.4% 93.8% 2
2010s 81.5% 81.5% 81.5% 1

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 36 Haiti 84.7% compare
  2. 37 Syria 84.3% compare
  3. 38 Singapore 82.9% compare
  4. 40 Kenya 81.3% compare
  5. 41 Malawi 78.6% compare
  6. 42 Gabon 76.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Ghana?
Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Ghana was 81.5% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 96.9% in 1960.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 81.5% in 2010.
How does Ghana rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education?
Ghana ranks 39th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ghana 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 female population age 75+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education