School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female in Barbados
Barbados: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female was 0.5914 years in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female in Barbados, 1999β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 0.5914 years for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 21.9% on the previous year and down 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female in Barbados peaked at 1.07 years in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.5914 years, in 2024.
Barbados ranks 25th of 125 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6496 years | 0.6496 years | 0.6496 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8645 years | 0.6764 years | 1.04 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8825 years | 0.7434 years | 1.07 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.7216 years | 0.5914 years | 0.7687 years | 5 |
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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)
- School enrollment, primary 83.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0056 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female in Barbados?
- School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female in Barbados was 0.5914 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 years in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5914 years in 2024.
- How does Barbados rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female?
- Barbados ranks 25th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. 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 life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release