Barbados vs Sri Lanka: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes

Barbados
100.3%
in 2019
Sri Lanka
100.4%
in 2018
Barbados rank
80th
Sri Lanka rank
77th

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes over time

  • Barbados
  • Sri Lanka
0255075100199520072019

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 100.4% against 100.3% in Barbados, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 80th and Sri Lanka ranks 77th of 188 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
2000s 101.5% 98.9% 2.7% Barbados
2010s 102.9% 99.1% 3.8% Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes, Barbados or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 100.4% against 100.3% in Barbados as of 2018.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes between Barbados and Sri Lanka?
0.1%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sri Lanka?
16 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2018.
How do Barbados and Sri Lanka rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes?
Barbados ranks 80th and Sri Lanka ranks 77th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,679 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Total enrollment in lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.