Barbados vs Trinidad and Tobago: Share of population with no formal education
Barbados
0.7%
in 2020
Trinidad and Tobago
0.6%
in 2020
Barbados rank
91st
Trinidad and Tobago rank
93rd
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Barbados
- Trinidad and Tobago
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Trinidad and Tobago, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.2 times Trinidad and Tobago's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
Barbados ranks 91st and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 93rd of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Trinidad and Tobago in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Trinidad and Tobago | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 74.0% | 89.0% | 15.0% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1880s | 68.1% | 84.5% | 16.4% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1890s | 65.3% | 77.0% | 11.7% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1900s | 57.7% | 64.4% | 6.7% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1910s | 48.7% | 49.2% | 0.5% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1920s | 33.4% | 37.0% | 3.6% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1930s | 24.4% | 29.2% | 4.9% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1940s | 11.6% | 20.1% | 8.6% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1950s | 2.1% | 14.6% | 12.5% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1960s | 1.3% | 9.9% | 8.6% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 5.0% | 4.3% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1980s | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 1.9% | 1.2% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Barbados or Trinidad and Tobago?
- Barbados, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Trinidad and Tobago as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 0.1%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Barbados ranks 91st and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 93rd of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.