Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados
Barbados: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female was 3.64 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 3.64 for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados peaked at 3.64 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.56, in 1960.
That places Barbados 55th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.56 | — |
| 1965 | 1.54 | +175.0% |
| 1970 | 2.7 | +75.3% |
| 1975 | 2.27 | -15.9% |
| 1980 | 2.02 | -11.0% |
| 1985 | 2.43 | +20.3% |
| 1990 | 2.78 | +14.4% |
| 1995 | 3.12 | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 3.2 | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 3.52 | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 3.64 | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.05 | 0.56 | 1.54 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.49 | 2.27 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.23 | 2.02 | 2.43 | 2 |
| 1990s | 2.95 | 2.78 | 3.12 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.36 | 3.2 | 3.52 | 2 |
| 2010s | 3.64 | 3.64 | 3.64 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More education data for Barbados
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 16,314 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -5.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16,314 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -5.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0578 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7,937 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Barbados was 3.64 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 3.64 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.56 in 1960.
- How does Barbados rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female?
- Barbados ranks 55th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. 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 secondary schooling, age 15+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 15+, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females over age 15.