Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp in Barbados
Barbados: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp was 51.9% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp in Barbados, 2015–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp in Barbados is 51.9%, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 0.9% over five years.
That places Barbados 43rd out of 48 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 40 Nicaragua 62.5%
- 41 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 60.7%
- 42 Saint Kitts and Nevis 52.9%
- 44 Suriname 50.2%
- 45 Dominica 48.7%
- 46 Grenada 46.5%
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 83.94 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 83.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp in Barbados?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp in Barbados was 51.9% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 55.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.3% in 2017.
- How does Barbados rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upp?
- Barbados ranks 43rd out of 48 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the upper secondary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers at the upper secondary level.