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

Iceland: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education was 0.6% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
0.6%
World rank
129th
of 144 countries
All-time high
2.6%
in 1960
All-time low
0.6%
in 2005
Years of data
11
1960–2010

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

0.511.522.51960198520101960: 2.61965: 2.61970: 2.31975: 1.91980: 1.61985: 1.31990: 1.21995: 0.992000: 0.692005: 0.622010: 0.62

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 Iceland is 0.6%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 10.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Iceland peaked at 2.6% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2005.

That places Iceland 129th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Iceland, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 2.6%
1965 2.6% -0.8%
1970 2.3% -12.0%
1975 1.9% -17.2%
1980 1.6% -13.8%
1985 1.3% -17.3%
1990 1.2% -11.9%
1995 1.0% -16.1%
2000 0.7% -30.3%
2005 0.6% -10.1%
2010 0.6% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 2.6% 2.6% 2.6% 2
1970s 2.1% 1.9% 2.3% 2
1980s 1.5% 1.3% 1.6% 2
1990s 1.1% 1.0% 1.2% 2
2000s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 2
2010s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 1

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 126 Norway 1.3% compare
  2. 127 United States of America 1.0% compare
  3. 128 Slovakia 0.7% compare
  4. 130 Latvia 0.6% compare
  5. 131 Luxembourg 0.4% compare
  6. 132 Belize 0.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Iceland?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Iceland was 0.6% 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 Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 1960.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2005.
How does Iceland rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education?
Iceland ranks 129th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education rising or falling in Iceland?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Iceland 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