School age population, early childhood educational development in Barbados
Barbados: School age population, early childhood educational development was 4,759 in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in Barbados, 2013–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2025, school age population, early childhood educational development in Barbados stood at 4,759. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in Barbados peaked at 5,180 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4,759, in 2025.
Barbados ranks 87th of 102 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5,014 | 4,908 | 5,180 | 7 |
| 2020s | 4,818 | 4,759 | 4,881 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More education data for Barbados
- 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 1,592 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 83.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in Barbados?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in Barbados was 4,759 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 5,180 in 2013.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,759 in 2025.
- How does Barbados rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- Barbados ranks 87th out of 102 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release