Barbados vs Sweden: Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education
Barbados
64.1%
in 2024
Sweden
69.9%
in 2024
Barbados rank
89th
Sweden rank
86th
Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education over time
- Barbados
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 69.9% against 64.1% in Barbados, a difference of 5.8%.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 89th and Sweden ranks 86th of 107 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.0% | 73.6% | 7.5% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 85.3% | 66.4% | 18.9% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 71.5% | 71.5% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 59.2% | 67.9% | 8.7% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education, Barbados or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 69.9% against 64.1% in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education between Barbados and Sweden?
- 5.8%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sweden?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Sweden rank globally for share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education?
- Barbados ranks 89th and Sweden ranks 86th of 107 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%). 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