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

Rwanda: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education was 88.1% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
88.1%
World rank
18th
of 144 countries
All-time high
98.1%
in 1960
All-time low
88.1%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

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

0204060801001960198520101960: 98.11965: 97.51970: 97.41975: 97.41980: 97.61985: 97.31990: 97.21995: 95.32000: 94.32005: 902010: 88.1

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

Analysis

In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Rwanda stood at 88.1%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is down 6.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Rwanda peaked at 98.1% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 88.1%, in 2010.

Rwanda ranks 18th 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 75+ with no education in Rwanda, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Rwanda, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 98.1%
1965 97.5% -0.6%
1970 97.4% -0.1%
1975 97.4% -0.0%
1980 97.6% +0.2%
1985 97.3% -0.3%
1990 97.2% -0.1%
1995 95.3% -2.0%
2000 94.3% -1.0%
2005 90.0% -4.5%
2010 88.1% -2.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 97.8% 97.5% 98.1% 2
1970s 97.4% 97.4% 97.4% 2
1980s 97.4% 97.3% 97.6% 2
1990s 96.2% 95.3% 97.2% 2
2000s 92.2% 90.0% 94.3% 2
2010s 88.1% 88.1% 88.1% 1

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 15 Burundi 88.6% compare
  2. 16 Central African Republic 88.4% compare
  3. 17 Maldives 88.1% compare
  4. 19 Côte d'Ivoire 88.0% compare
  5. 20 Liberia 88.0% compare
  6. 21 Algeria 87.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Rwanda?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Rwanda was 88.1% 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 Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 98.1% in 1960.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 88.1% in 2010.
How does Rwanda rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education?
Rwanda ranks 18th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Rwanda 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