Barbados vs Gambia: Primary education, pupils, per square kilometre

Barbados
40.02 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Gambia
42.3 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Barbados rank
28th
Gambia rank
26th

Primary education, pupils, per square kilometre over time

  • Barbados
  • Gambia
020406080100197119972023

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 42.3 units per square kilometre against 40.02 units per square kilometre in Barbados, a difference of 2.28 units per square kilometre.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 28th and Gambia ranks 26th of 206 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Gambia Difference Ahead
1970s 81.96 units per square kilometre 2.27 units per square kilometre 79.69 units per square kilometre Barbados
1980s 71.15 units per square kilometre 5.7 units per square kilometre 65.45 units per square kilometre Barbados
1990s 61.99 units per square kilometre 11.16 units per square kilometre 50.83 units per square kilometre Barbados
2000s 53.57 units per square kilometre 19.93 units per square kilometre 33.65 units per square kilometre Barbados
2010s 48.98 units per square kilometre 29.51 units per square kilometre 19.47 units per square kilometre Barbados
2020s 42.3 units per square kilometre 40.44 units per square kilometre 1.87 units per square kilometre Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, pupils, per square kilometre, Barbados or Gambia?
Gambia, at 42.3 units per square kilometre against 40.02 units per square kilometre in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary education, pupils, per square kilometre between Barbados and Gambia?
2.28 units per square kilometre, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Gambia?
41 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Gambia rank globally for primary education, pupils, per square kilometre?
Barbados ranks 28th and Gambia ranks 26th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, pupils, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary education, pupils, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 10,846 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Primary education, pupils divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.