Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Barbados
Barbados: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary was 83.9% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Barbados, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Secondary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Barbados stood at 83.9%.
That represents a change of up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Barbados peaked at 85.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 1960.
That places Barbados 4th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 15.5% | — |
| 1965 | 41.9% | +170.5% |
| 1970 | 71.1% | +69.6% |
| 1975 | 58.0% | -18.4% |
| 1980 | 48.7% | -16.1% |
| 1985 | 59.4% | +22.0% |
| 1990 | 68.2% | +14.8% |
| 1995 | 77.3% | +13.4% |
| 2000 | 80.4% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 85.8% | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 83.9% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.7% | 15.5% | 41.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 64.6% | 58.0% | 71.1% | 2 |
| 1980s | 54.0% | 48.7% | 59.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 72.7% | 68.2% | 77.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 83.1% | 80.4% | 85.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 83.9% | 83.9% | 83.9% | 1 |
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More education data for Barbados
- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Barbados?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Barbados was 83.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 85.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 1960.
- How does Barbados rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary?
- Barbados ranks 4th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)