Barbados vs Syria: Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes
Barbados
23.3%
in 2025
Syria
21.7%
in 2025
Barbados rank
28th
Syria rank
31st
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes over time
- Barbados
- Syria
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 23.3% against 21.7% in Syria, a difference of 1.6%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Syria's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Syria ahead.
Barbados ranks 28th and Syria ranks 31st of 206 countries.
Syria has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.8% | 2.8% | 0.9% | Syria |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 20.2% | 15.8% | Syria |
| 2020s | 17.1% | 28.9% | 11.8% | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes, Barbados or Syria?
- Barbados, at 23.3% against 21.7% in Syria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes between Barbados and Syria?
- 1.6%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Syria?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Syria rank globally for out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes?
- Barbados ranks 28th and Syria ranks 31st of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes (modelled data) (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release