Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Barbados
Barbados: Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female was 96.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Barbados, 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 96.1% for total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Barbados peaked at 99.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 80.1%, in 1983.
Barbados ranks 25th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Barbados, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 80.1% | — |
| 1989 | 88.8% | +10.9% |
| 2001 | 93.6% | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 88.8% | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 98.8% | +11.3% |
| 2015 | 95.9% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 99.9% | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 98.1% | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 98.5% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 94.2% | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 93.0% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 96.1% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 84.5% | 80.1% | 88.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 93.8% | 88.8% | 98.8% | 3 |
| 2010s | 97.9% | 95.9% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2020s | 96.0% | 93.0% | 98.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
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 total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Barbados?
- Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Barbados was 96.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.1% in 1983.
- How does Barbados rank for total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female?
- Barbados ranks 25th out of 176 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release