Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education was 83.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
83.0%
World rank
15th
of 144 countries
All-time high
95.9%
in 1970
All-time low
83.0%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

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

0204060801001960198520101960: 95.91965: 95.91970: 95.91975: 95.31980: 94.41985: 94.31990: 94.11995: 94.12000: 93.12005: 93.12010: 83

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

Analysis

Papua New Guinea recorded 83.0% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 10.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Papua New Guinea peaked at 95.9% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 83.0%, in 2010.

Papua New Guinea ranks 15th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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 Papua New Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Papua New Guinea, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 95.9%
1965 95.9% -0.0%
1970 95.9% +0.0%
1975 95.3% -0.7%
1980 94.4% -0.9%
1985 94.3% -0.1%
1990 94.1% -0.2%
1995 94.1% +0.0%
2000 93.1% -1.1%
2005 93.1% +0.0%
2010 83.0% -10.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 95.9% 95.9% 95.9% 2
1970s 95.6% 95.3% 95.9% 2
1980s 94.4% 94.3% 94.4% 2
1990s 94.1% 94.1% 94.1% 2
2000s 93.1% 93.1% 93.1% 2
2010s 83.0% 83.0% 83.0% 1

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 12 Algeria 84.7% compare
  2. 13 Côte d'Ivoire 84.4% compare
  3. 14 Liberia 83.0% compare
  4. 16 Central African Republic 82.5% compare
  5. 17 Benin 82.2% compare
  6. 18 Sudan 82.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Papua New Guinea?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education in Papua New Guinea was 83.0% 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 Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 95.9% in 1970.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 83.0% in 2010.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education?
Papua New Guinea ranks 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 70-74 with no education rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Papua New Guinea 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