How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Dominican Republic?

16 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Barbados vs Dominican Republic: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age

Barbados

5.0%

in 2019

Dominican Republic

5.6%

in 2019

Barbados rank

74th

Dominican Republic rank

71st

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time

Barbados
Dominican Republic

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 5.6% against 5.0% in Barbados, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Dominican Republic's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Barbados ranks 74th and Dominican Republic ranks 71st of 150 countries.

Dominican Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Dominican Republic	Difference	Ahead
1990s	3.5%	17.8%	14.2%	Dominican Republic
2000s	6.6%	7.6%	0.9%	Dominican Republic
2010s	4.2%	6.1%	1.9%	Dominican Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, Barbados or Dominican Republic?: Dominican Republic, at 5.6% against 5.0% in Barbados as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between Barbados and Dominican Republic?: 0.6%, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Dominican Republic?: 16 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do Barbados and Dominican Republic rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?: Barbados ranks 74th and Dominican Republic ranks 71st of 150 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 195 places, 3,656 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of adolescents of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in lower secondary school expressed as a percentage of the population of official lower secondary school age.