School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Barbados
Barbados: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.49 GPIA in 2025. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Barbados, 1971β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 1.49 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Barbados peaked at 1.63 GPIA in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.79 GPIA, in 1974.
Barbados ranks 18th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8242 GPIA | 0.79 GPIA | 0.8679 GPIA | 4 |
| 1980s | 1.09 GPIA | 0.8947 GPIA | 1.32 GPIA | 4 |
| 1990s | 1.37 GPIA | 1.21 GPIA | 1.56 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.57 GPIA | 1.53 GPIA | 1.63 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.51 GPIA | 1.48 GPIA | 1.55 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.51 GPIA | 1.49 GPIA | 1.53 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 15 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.52 GPIA compare
- 16 Oman 1.5 GPIA compare
- 17 Cuba 1.5 GPIA compare
- 19 Dominican Republic 1.48 GPIA compare
- 20 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.48 GPIA compare
- 21 Bahrain 1.48 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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Barbados?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Barbados was 1.49 GPIA in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1.63 GPIA in 2000.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.79 GPIA in 1974.
- How does Barbados rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Barbados ranks 18th out of 189 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release