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

Afghanistan: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education was 94.0% in 2010. ▬ Flat

Latest (2010)
94.0%
World rank
3rd
of 144 countries
All-time high
98.6%
in 1965
All-time low
94.0%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

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

0204060801001960198520101960: 98.51965: 98.61970: 98.51975: 98.51980: 98.51985: 98.51990: 98.41995: 97.12000: 96.62005: 94.82010: 94

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Afghanistan is 94.0%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Afghanistan peaked at 98.6% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 94.0%, in 2010.

Afghanistan ranks 3rd of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Afghanistan, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 98.5%
1965 98.6% +0.1%
1970 98.5% -0.0%
1975 98.5% -0.0%
1980 98.5% -0.0%
1985 98.5% -0.0%
1990 98.4% -0.0%
1995 97.1% -1.3%
2000 96.6% -0.6%
2005 94.8% -1.8%
2010 94.0% -0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 98.5% 98.5% 98.6% 2
1970s 98.5% 98.5% 98.5% 2
1980s 98.5% 98.5% 98.5% 2
1990s 97.8% 97.1% 98.4% 2
2000s 95.7% 94.8% 96.6% 2
2010s 94.0% 94.0% 94.0% 1

Countries ranked near Afghanistan

  1. 1 Yemen 99.8% compare
  2. 2 Mozambique 94.5% compare
  3. 4 Senegal 93.6% compare
  4. 5 Sierra Leone 93.4% compare
  5. 6 Papua New Guinea 92.9% compare

See the full ranking of 144 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Afghanistan?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Afghanistan was 94.0% 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 75+ with no education recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was 98.6% in 1965.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was 94.0% in 2010.
How does Afghanistan rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education?
Afghanistan ranks 3rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education rising or falling in Afghanistan?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Afghanistan 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 75+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of 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 population age 75+ with no education