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Start month of the academic school year in Namibia

Namibia: Start month of the academic school year was 1 tertiary education in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
1 tertiary education
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
174th
of 205 countries
All-time high
2 tertiary education
in 1997
All-time low
1 tertiary education
in 2012
Years of data
21
1997–2017

Start month of the academic school year in Namibia, 1997–2017

00.511.521997200720171997: 2 tertiary education1998: 2 tertiary education1999: 2 tertiary education2000: 2 tertiary education2001: 2 tertiary education2002: 2 tertiary education2003: 2 tertiary education2004: 2 tertiary education2005: 2 tertiary education2006: 2 tertiary education2007: 2 tertiary education2008: 2 tertiary education2009: 2 tertiary education2010: 2 tertiary education2011: 2 tertiary education2012: 1 tertiary education2013: 1 tertiary education2014: 1 tertiary education2015: 1 tertiary education2016: 1 tertiary education2017: 1 tertiary education

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in tertiary education.

Analysis

Namibia recorded 1 tertiary education for start month of the academic school year in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, start month of the academic school year in Namibia peaked at 2 tertiary education in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1 tertiary education, in 2012.

Namibia ranks 174th of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.

Start month of the academic school year in Namibia, year by year

Year tertiary education Change
1997 2 tertiary education —
1998 2 tertiary education +0.0%
1999 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2000 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2001 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2002 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2003 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2004 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2005 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2006 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2007 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2008 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2009 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2010 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2011 2 tertiary education +0.0%
2012 1 tertiary education -50.0%
2013 1 tertiary education +0.0%
2014 1 tertiary education +0.0%
2015 1 tertiary education +0.0%
2016 1 tertiary education +0.0%
2017 1 tertiary education +0.0%

Namibia compared with similar countries

  • Namibia's 1 tertiary education is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9 tertiary education, 11% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Namibia's 1 tertiary education is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9 tertiary education, 11% of the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 2 tertiary education 2 tertiary education 2 tertiary education 3
2000s 2 tertiary education 2 tertiary education 2 tertiary education 10
2010s 1.25 tertiary education 1 tertiary education 2 tertiary education 8

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 174 Australia 1 tertiary education compare
  2. 174 Burundi 1 tertiary education compare
  3. 174 Cambodia 1 tertiary education compare
  4. 174 Colombia 1 tertiary education compare
  5. 174 Costa Rica 1 tertiary education compare
  6. 174 Dominican Republic 1 tertiary education compare
  7. 174 Ecuador 1 tertiary education compare
  8. 174 El Salvador 1 tertiary education compare
  9. 174 Eswatini 1 tertiary education compare
  10. 174 Fiji 1 tertiary education compare
  11. 174 Guatemala 1 tertiary education compare
  12. 174 Honduras 1 tertiary education compare
  13. 174 Kenya 1 tertiary education compare
  14. 174 Kiribati 1 tertiary education compare
  15. 174 Malaysia 1 tertiary education compare
  16. 174 Maldives 1 tertiary education compare
  17. 174 Montenegro 1 tertiary education compare
  18. 174 Nauru 1 tertiary education compare
  19. 174 New Zealand 1 tertiary education compare
  20. 174 Papua New Guinea 1 tertiary education compare
  21. 174 Puerto Rico 1 tertiary education compare
  22. 174 Samoa 1 tertiary education compare
  23. 174 Seychelles 1 tertiary education compare
  24. 174 Solomon Islands 1 tertiary education compare
  25. 174 South Africa 1 tertiary education compare
  26. 174 Sri Lanka 1 tertiary education compare
  27. 174 Tanzania 1 tertiary education compare
  28. 174 Tuvalu 1 tertiary education compare
  29. 174 Venezuela 1 tertiary education compare
  30. 174 Zambia 1 tertiary education compare
  31. 174 Zimbabwe 1 tertiary education compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is start month of the academic school year in Namibia?
Start month of the academic school year in Namibia was 1 tertiary education in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest start month of the academic school year recorded in Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 2 tertiary education in 1997.
What is the lowest start month of the academic school year recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 1 tertiary education in 2012.
How does Namibia rank for start month of the academic school year?
Namibia ranks 174th out of 205 countries with data for 2017.
Is start month of the academic school year rising or falling in Namibia?
Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Namibia data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Start month of the academic school year (tertiary education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Start month of the academic school year (tertiary education)
Unit
tertiary education
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 4,023 data points, 1991–2020
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Starting month of the academic school year for tertiary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/