School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male in Barbados
Barbados: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male was 0.7154 years in 2024. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male in Barbados, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 0.7154 years for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 34.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male in Barbados peaked at 1.54 years in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.7154 years, in 2024.
Barbados ranks 17th 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 | 0.9401 years | 0.9401 years | 0.9401 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.05 years | 0.8381 years | 1.54 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9756 years | 0.8078 years | 1.16 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.7831 years | 0.7154 years | 0.868 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 83.94 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 83.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male in Barbados?
- School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male in Barbados was 0.7154 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1.54 years in 2008.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7154 years in 2024.
- How does Barbados rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male?
- Barbados ranks 17th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.0%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release