Average years of schooling among adults in Bahamas
Bahamas: Average years of schooling among adults was 12.81 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Average years of schooling among adults in Bahamas, 1990–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, average years of schooling among adults in Bahamas stood at 12.81 years. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average years of schooling among adults in Bahamas peaked at 12.81 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10.01 years, in 1990.
Bahamas ranks 22nd of 192 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.47 years | 10.01 years | 10.94 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.41 years | 11.04 years | 11.78 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.24 years | 11.86 years | 12.64 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.79 years | 12.72 years | 12.81 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 19 Slovenia 12.95 years compare
- 20 New Zealand 12.88 years compare
- 21 Australia 12.87 years compare
- 23 Montenegro 12.77 years compare
- 24 Sweden 12.74 years compare
- 25 South Korea 12.72 years compare
More education data for Bahamas
- Population ages 15-64 70.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 92.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,497 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.37 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 91.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average years of schooling among adults in Bahamas?
- Average years of schooling among adults in Bahamas was 12.81 years in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 12.81 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.01 years in 1990.
- How does Bahamas rank for average years of schooling among adults?
- Bahamas ranks 22nd out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is average years of schooling among adults rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Average years of schooling among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.