Share of the population with at least some formal education in Barbados
Barbados: Share of the population with at least some formal education was 99.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Share of the population with at least some formal education in Barbados, 1870–2020
Source: Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, share of the population with at least some formal education in Barbados stood at 99.3%.
That represents a change of down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population with at least some formal education in Barbados peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 24.5%, in 1870.
Barbados ranks 20th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 26.1% | 24.5% | 27.6% | 2 |
| 1880s | 31.9% | 31.2% | 32.6% | 2 |
| 1890s | 34.7% | 34.4% | 35.0% | 2 |
| 1900s | 42.3% | 37.3% | 47.3% | 2 |
| 1910s | 51.3% | 47.6% | 55.0% | 2 |
| 1920s | 66.6% | 64.2% | 69.0% | 2 |
| 1930s | 75.7% | 72.7% | 78.6% | 2 |
| 1940s | 88.4% | 85.1% | 91.8% | 2 |
| 1950s | 97.9% | 97.7% | 98.1% | 2 |
| 1960s | 98.7% | 98.5% | 98.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 98.9% | 98.6% | 99.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 99.3% | 99.2% | 99.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.5% | 99.2% | 99.8% | 2 |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More education data for Barbados
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 1,592 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.71 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 83.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population with at least some formal education in Barbados?
- Share of the population with at least some formal education in Barbados was 99.3% in 2020, according to Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population with at least some formal education recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of the population with at least some formal education recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.5% in 1870.
- How does Barbados rank for share of the population with at least some formal education?
- Barbados ranks 20th out of 111 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of the population with at least some formal education rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population with at least some formal education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Based on the population aged 15 years and older.