School enrollment, primary, private in Barbados
Barbados: School enrollment, primary, private was 12.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, primary, private in Barbados, 1983–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of total primary.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 12.9% for school enrollment, primary, private in 2024.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, private in Barbados peaked at 13.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1989.
That places Barbados 97th out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School enrollment, primary, private in Barbados, year by year
| Year | % of total primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 9.7% | — |
| 1984 | 9.0% | -7.4% |
| 1985 | 8.5% | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 5.0% | -41.3% |
| 1990 | 7.7% | +54.6% |
| 1992 | 9.7% | +25.5% |
| 2000 | 9.8% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 11.3% | +15.3% |
| 2003 | 11.0% | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 11.0% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 11.7% | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 11.8% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 10.4% | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 11.2% | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 11.0% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 11.3% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 11.2% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 12.9% | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 13.0% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 12.7% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 13.5% | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 13.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13.9% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 13.4% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 13.3% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 13.3% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 13.7% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 12.9% | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.0% | 5.0% | 9.7% | 4 |
| 1990s | 8.7% | 7.7% | 9.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.0% | 9.8% | 11.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 12.8% | 11.2% | 13.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 13.3% | 12.9% | 13.7% | 5 |
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More education data for Barbados
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary, private in Barbados?
- School enrollment, primary, private in Barbados was 12.9% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, private recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 13.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, private recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1989.
- How does Barbados rank for school enrollment, primary, private?
- Barbados ranks 97th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school enrollment, primary, private rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.