School enrollment, secondary, private in Barbados
Barbados: School enrollment, secondary, private was 7.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, secondary, private in Barbados, 2000–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of total secondary.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 7.9% for school enrollment, secondary, private in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, secondary, private in Barbados peaked at 7.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 2004.
Barbados ranks 122nd of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
School enrollment, secondary, private in Barbados, year by year
| Year | % of total secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.3% | — |
| 2002 | 5.9% | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 5.0% | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 5.1% | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 5.1% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 5.5% | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.6% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 6.3% | +18.3% |
| 2015 | 6.4% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 6.4% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 6.6% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 7.2% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 6.6% | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 6.7% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 7.3% | +9.6% |
| 2024 | 7.9% | +8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.4% | 4.8% | 6.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 5.3% | 7.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 6.6% | 7.9% | 5 |
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More education data for Barbados
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 9,244 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.9111 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4,532 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9,227 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -4.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1,222 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 370 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6,037 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -5.88 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, secondary, private in Barbados?
- School enrollment, secondary, private in Barbados was 7.9% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, secondary, private recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 7.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, secondary, private recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 2004.
- How does Barbados rank for school enrollment, secondary, private?
- Barbados ranks 122nd out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school enrollment, secondary, private rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. 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, secondary, private (% of total secondary). 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.