Share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Barbados
Barbados: Share in poverty vs. educational attainment was 10.62 years in 2040. ▲ Rising
Share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Barbados, 1980–2040
Source: Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Barbados is 10.62 years, measured in 2040. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Barbados peaked at 10.62 years in 2040 and was at its lowest, 7.72 years, in 1980.
Barbados ranks 83rd of 146 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.07 years | 7.72 years | 8.42 years | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.93 years | 8.79 years | 9.07 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.32 years | 9.23 years | 9.41 years | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.52 years | 9.46 years | 9.57 years | 2 |
| 2020s | 9.78 years | 9.67 years | 9.89 years | 2 |
| 2030s | 10.26 years | 10.13 years | 10.38 years | 2 |
| 2040s | 10.62 years | 10.62 years | 10.62 years | 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)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.1% (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 in poverty vs. educational attainment in Barbados?
- Share in poverty vs. educational attainment in Barbados was 10.62 years in 2040, according to Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share in poverty vs. educational attainment recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 10.62 years in 2040.
- What is the lowest share in poverty vs. educational attainment recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.72 years in 1980.
- How does Barbados rank for share in poverty vs. educational attainment?
- Barbados ranks 83rd out of 146 countries with data for 2040.
- Is share in poverty vs. educational attainment rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 in poverty vs. educational attainment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average years of formal education for individuals aged 15-64.