Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados
Barbados: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female was 5.84 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 5.84 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados peaked at 5.84 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 4.26, in 1960.
That places Barbados 31st out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.26 | — |
| 1965 | 4.83 | +13.4% |
| 1970 | 5.41 | +12.0% |
| 1975 | 5.18 | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 5.05 | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 5.29 | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 5.47 | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 5.65 | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 5.64 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.84 | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 5.84 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.54 | 4.26 | 4.83 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.29 | 5.18 | 5.41 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.17 | 5.05 | 5.29 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.56 | 5.47 | 5.65 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.74 | 5.64 | 5.84 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.84 | 5.84 | 5.84 | 1 |
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More education data for Barbados
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7,937 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -4.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0281 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 8,377 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -5.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.0297 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18,457 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.3133 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1,592 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados was 5.84 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 5.84 in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.26 in 1960.
- How does Barbados rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female?
- Barbados ranks 31st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 15.