Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Barbados
Barbados: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total was 0.07 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Barbados, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 0.07 for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in 2010.
That represents a change of up 75.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Barbados peaked at 0.12 in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.03, in 1960.
Barbados ranks 120th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.03 | — |
| 1965 | 0.04 | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 0.04 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.07 | +75.0% |
| 1980 | 0.11 | +57.1% |
| 1985 | 0.12 | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 0.12 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.09 | -25.0% |
| 2000 | 0.04 | -55.6% |
| 2005 | 0.04 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.07 | +75.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 0.07 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.79, 9% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 0.07 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.37, 19% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.035 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.055 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.115 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.105 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More education data for Barbados
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 82.64 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 82.4 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1,244 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 279 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2,255 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2,277 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 18,457 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 16,314 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -5.2 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Barbados?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Barbados was 0.07 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.12 in 1985.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 in 1960.
- How does Barbados rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total?
- Barbados ranks 120th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.0%. 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 tertiary schooling, age 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 25+, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people over age 25.