Barbados vs Jamaica: Secondary education, general pupils, per capita

Barbados
0.0697 units per person
in 2018
Jamaica
0.0711 units per person
in 2018
Barbados rank
100th
Jamaica rank
97th

Secondary education, general pupils, per capita over time

  • Barbados
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 0.0711 units per person against 0.0697 units per person in Barbados, a difference of 0.0014 units per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 27 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 100th and Jamaica ranks 97th of 204 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Jamaica in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Jamaica Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1144 units per person 0.0953 units per person 0.0192 units per person Barbados
1980s 0.1125 units per person 0.1051 units per person 0.0074 units per person Barbados
1990s 0.088 units per person 0.0942 units per person 0.0062 units per person Jamaica
2000s 0.0783 units per person 0.0897 units per person 0.0114 units per person Jamaica
2010s 0.0721 units per person 0.081 units per person 0.0089 units per person Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, general pupils, per capita, Barbados or Jamaica?
Jamaica, at 0.0711 units per person against 0.0697 units per person in Barbados as of 2018.
What is the difference in secondary education, general pupils, per capita between Barbados and Jamaica?
0.0014 units per person, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Jamaica?
27 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2018.
How do Barbados and Jamaica rank globally for secondary education, general pupils, per capita?
Barbados ranks 100th and Jamaica ranks 97th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, general pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Secondary education, general pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 9,345 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary education, general pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.