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

Barbados

82.4%

in 2024

Kuwait

80.6%

in 2021

Barbados rank

177th

Kuwait rank

180th

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

Barbados currently reports 82.4% against 80.6% in Kuwait, a difference of 1.8%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 177th and Kuwait ranks 180th 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.