Barbados vs El Salvador: Share of the population with tertiary education
Barbados
7.5%
in 2020
El Salvador
6.3%
in 2020
Barbados rank
75th
El Salvador rank
78th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Barbados
- El Salvador
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 7.5% against 6.3% in El Salvador, a difference of 1.2%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was El Salvador ahead.
Barbados ranks 75th and El Salvador ranks 78th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and El Salvador in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Barbados |
| 1950s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Barbados |
| 1960s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.3% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 1.9% | 2.3% | 0.4% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 4.2% | 4.7% | 0.5% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 3.6% | 7.6% | 4.0% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 11.1% | 10.0% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 6.7% | 3.2% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 7.5% | 6.3% | 1.2% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Barbados or El Salvador?
- Barbados, at 7.5% against 6.3% in El Salvador as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Barbados and El Salvador?
- 1.2%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and El Salvador?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Barbados and El Salvador rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Barbados ranks 75th and El Salvador ranks 78th 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 the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.