Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male in Barbados
Barbados: Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male was 89.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male in Barbados, 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 89.2% for total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male in Barbados peaked at 99.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 73.3%, in 1983.
That places Barbados 55th out of 176 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male in Barbados, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 73.3% | — |
| 1989 | 78.0% | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 95.3% | +22.2% |
| 2002 | 91.4% | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 95.9% | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 95.0% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 98.5% | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 99.3% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 96.5% | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 92.4% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 90.6% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 89.2% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 75.6% | 73.3% | 78.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 94.2% | 91.4% | 95.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 96.8% | 95.0% | 98.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 93.6% | 89.2% | 99.3% | 5 |
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More education data for Barbados
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male in Barbados?
- Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male in Barbados was 89.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.3% in 1983.
- How does Barbados rank for total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male?
- Barbados ranks 55th out of 176 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release