Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in Barbados
Barbados: Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) was 95.7% in 2025. β² Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in Barbados, 1981β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 95.7% for completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in Barbados peaked at 95.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 79.8%, in 1981.
Barbados ranks 7th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 81.8% | 79.8% | 83.7% | 9 |
| 1990s | 86.4% | 84.1% | 88.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 90.9% | 89.2% | 92.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.6% | 92.5% | 94.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.3% | 94.8% | 95.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 4 Kazakhstan 97.9% compare
- 5 Ukraine 97.2% compare
- 6 Azerbaijan 95.9% compare
- 8 Turkmenistan 95.4% compare
- 9 Greece 95.2% compare
- 10 Ireland 95.1% compare
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)
- School enrollment, primary 83.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0056 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in Barbados?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in Barbados was 95.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.8% in 1981.
- How does Barbados rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data)?
- Barbados ranks 7th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release