Barbados vs Guyana: Share of children in primary school age who are in school

Barbados

82.4%

in 2024

Guyana

82.0%

in 2023

Barbados rank

177th

Guyana rank

179th

Share of children in primary school age who are in school over time

Barbados currently reports 82.4% against 82.0% in Guyana, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 177th and Guyana ranks 179th of 209 countries.

Indicator: Share of children in primary school age who are in school
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: 209 places, 8,478 data points, 1820–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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