Barbados vs Guyana: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education

Barbados

82.6%

in 2024

Guyana

81.5%

in 2023

Barbados rank

158th

Guyana rank

159th

Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education over time

Barbados currently reports 82.6% against 81.5% in Guyana, a difference of 1.2%.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 158th and Guyana ranks 159th of 190 countries.

Indicator: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 190 places, 7,246 data points, 1820–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of girls of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.