Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Barbados
Barbados: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 5.83 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Barbados, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Barbados stood at 5.83.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Barbados peaked at 5.84 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 4.54, in 1960.
That places Barbados 32nd 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+, total in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.54 | — |
| 1965 | 5.01 | +10.4% |
| 1970 | 5.48 | +9.4% |
| 1975 | 5.23 | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 5.09 | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 5.34 | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 5.51 | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 5.67 | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 5.64 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 5.84 | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 5.83 | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.78 | 4.54 | 5.01 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.36 | 5.23 | 5.48 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.21 | 5.09 | 5.34 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.59 | 5.51 | 5.67 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.74 | 5.64 | 5.84 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.83 | 5.83 | 5.83 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More education data for Barbados
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,592 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 83.94 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 83.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Barbados?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Barbados was 5.83 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+, total 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+, total recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.54 in 1960.
- How does Barbados rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Barbados ranks 32nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. 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+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 15.