Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Barbados
Barbados: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary was 86.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ 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
Barbados recorded 86.5% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Barbados peaked at 86.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 14.1%, in 1960.
That places Barbados 2nd 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 25+ with secondary in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 14.1% | — |
| 1965 | 34.9% | +147.7% |
| 1970 | 62.4% | +78.7% |
| 1975 | 48.4% | -22.4% |
| 1980 | 32.1% | -33.7% |
| 1985 | 48.8% | +51.9% |
| 1990 | 61.7% | +26.5% |
| 1995 | 73.8% | +19.5% |
| 2000 | 77.5% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 86.3% | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 86.5% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.5% | 14.1% | 34.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 55.4% | 48.4% | 62.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 40.5% | 32.1% | 48.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 67.8% | 61.7% | 73.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 81.9% | 77.5% | 86.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 86.5% | 86.5% | 86.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
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 25+ with secondary in Barbados?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Barbados was 86.5% 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 25+ with secondary recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 86.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.1% in 1960.
- How does Barbados rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary?
- Barbados ranks 2nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. 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 25+ 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 25+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)