School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Barbados
Barbados: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9838 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
0.9838 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
144th
of 200 countries
All-time high
0.997 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.9649 GPIA
in 2003
Years of data
24
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Barbados, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 0.9838 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Barbados peaked at 0.997 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.9649 GPIA, in 2003.
That places Barbados 144th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Barbados, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.985 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9706 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9668 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9679 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9649 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9744 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9747 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9676 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9786 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.982 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9775 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9776 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9792 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9764 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9897 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.997 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9745 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9703 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9763 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.972 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9826 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9862 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9786 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.9838 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.985 GPIA | 0.985 GPIA | 0.985 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9725 GPIA | 0.9649 GPIA | 0.982 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9801 GPIA | 0.9703 GPIA | 0.997 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9806 GPIA | 0.972 GPIA | 0.9862 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Barbados
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Barbados?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Barbados was 0.9838 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.997 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9649 GPIA in 2003.
- How does Barbados rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Barbados ranks 144th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release