Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Benin

Benin: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education was 82.2% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
82.2%
World rank
17th
of 144 countries
All-time high
95.7%
in 1960
All-time low
82.2%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Benin, 1960–2010

0204060801001960198520101960: 95.71965: 89.81970: 89.61975: 89.41980: 89.21985: 86.31990: 82.51995: 87.62000: 89.82005: 89.52010: 82.2

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Benin is 82.2%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Benin peaked at 95.7% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 82.2%, in 2010.

Benin ranks 17th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Benin, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Benin, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 95.7%
1965 89.8% -6.2%
1970 89.6% -0.2%
1975 89.4% -0.2%
1980 89.2% -0.2%
1985 86.3% -3.3%
1990 82.5% -4.4%
1995 87.6% +6.2%
2000 89.8% +2.5%
2005 89.5% -0.3%
2010 82.2% -8.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 92.7% 89.8% 95.7% 2
1970s 89.5% 89.4% 89.6% 2
1980s 87.8% 86.3% 89.2% 2
1990s 85.0% 82.5% 87.6% 2
2000s 89.7% 89.5% 89.8% 2
2010s 82.2% 82.2% 82.2% 1

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 14 Liberia 83.0% compare
  2. 15 Papua New Guinea 83.0% compare
  3. 16 Central African Republic 82.5% compare
  4. 18 Sudan 82.1% compare
  5. 19 Eswatini 81.2% compare
  6. 20 Burundi 78.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Benin?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Benin was 82.2% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education recorded in Benin?
The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 1960.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education recorded in Benin?
The lowest recorded value was 82.2% in 2010.
How does Benin rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education?
Benin ranks 17th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education rising or falling in Benin?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Benin 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 population age 70-74 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 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 population age 70-74 with no education