School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Barbados
Barbados: School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.04 GPIA in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Barbados, 1974β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Barbados stood at 1.04 GPIA.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Barbados peaked at 1.13 GPIA in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0.9566 GPIA, in 2016.
That places Barbados 41st out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.12 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 3 |
| 1980s | 1.03 GPIA | 0.9702 GPIA | 1.1 GPIA | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.9734 GPIA | 0.9734 GPIA | 0.9734 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9821 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9566 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 38 St. Lucia 1.04 GPIA compare
- 39 Cabo Verde 1.04 GPIA compare
- 40 Dominican Republic 1.04 GPIA compare
- 42 Togo 1.04 GPIA compare
- 43 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.04 GPIA compare
- 44 Liechtenstein, Principality of 1.04 GPIA compare
More education data for Barbados
- 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 1,592 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 83.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Barbados?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Barbados was 1.04 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPIA in 1978.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9566 GPIA in 2016.
- How does Barbados rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Barbados ranks 41st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. 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, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release