School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Barbados
Barbados: School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes was 10,783 number in 2020. ▼ Falling
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Barbados, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 10,783 number for school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Barbados peaked at 18,895 number in 1975 and was at its lowest, 10,783 number, in 2020.
Barbados ranks 178th of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Barbados, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 18,081 number | — |
| 1971 | 18,453 number | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 18,516 number | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 18,593 number | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 18,737 number | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 18,895 number | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 18,839 number | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 18,063 number | -4.1% |
| 1978 | 17,230 number | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 16,535 number | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 16,060 number | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 15,890 number | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 15,816 number | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 15,823 number | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,858 number | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 15,864 number | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15,726 number | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 15,189 number | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 14,491 number | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 13,749 number | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 13,057 number | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 12,525 number | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 12,281 number | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 12,249 number | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 12,298 number | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 12,352 number | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 12,395 number | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 12,362 number | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 12,290 number | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 12,200 number | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 12,118 number | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 12,065 number | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 12,008 number | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 11,976 number | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 11,955 number | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 11,932 number | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 11,888 number | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 11,775 number | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 11,638 number | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 11,509 number | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 11,410 number | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 11,363 number | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 11,393 number | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 11,446 number | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 11,494 number | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 11,517 number | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 11,487 number | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 11,372 number | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 11,193 number | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 10,991 number | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 10,783 number | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18,194 number | 16,535 number | 18,895 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,447 number | 13,749 number | 16,060 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,401 number | 12,200 number | 13,057 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,886 number | 11,509 number | 12,118 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,367 number | 10,991 number | 11,517 number | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,783 number | 10,783 number | 10,783 number | 1 |
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More education data for Barbados
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Barbados?
- School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Barbados was 10,783 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 18,895 number in 1975.
- What is the lowest school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,783 number in 2020.
- How does Barbados rank for school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes?
- Barbados ranks 178th out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. 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, lower secondary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to lower secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.