Education in Barbados 130 indicators covering education for Barbados. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 65.8% 2025 down 3.0% 75th Population ages 0-14 17.1% 2025 down 11.1% 152nd Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th School enrollment, primary 83.9% 2024 down 13.0% 187th Primary education, teachers 1,592 2024 down 4.4% 173rd School enrollment, primary, female 83.0% 2024 down 13.3% 184th School enrollment, primary, male 84.8% 2024 down 12.7% 186th Labor force, total 151,620 2025 up 2.8% 176th Labor force, female 49.7% 2025 down 0.4% 13th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9717 GPI 2021 down 2.9% 137th School enrollment, secondary 104.4% 2024 down 3.5% 43rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.4 per 1,000 2024 down 12.8% 124th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2 per 1,000 2024 down 25.9% 138th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 21.4% 118th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 down 28.6% 151st Secondary education, teachers 1,244 2024 up 6.1% 172nd School enrollment, secondary, female 106.3% 2024 down 2.8% 40th School enrollment, secondary, male 102.5% 2024 down 4.3% 50th School enrollment, tertiary 50.8% 2025 down 11.3% 83rd School enrollment, primary, private 12.9% 2024 up 0.4% 97th School enrollment, preprimary 75.1% 2021 down 1.5% 84th School enrollment, tertiary, male 34.6% 2025 down 10.5% 94th School enrollment, tertiary, female 67.4% 2025 down 11.2% 65th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2021 down 1.1% 81st School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.49 GPI 2025 down 0.3% 17th Secondary education, teachers, female 813 2024 up 10.2% 163rd Primary completion rate, female 89.1% 2024 down 8.3% 128th Primary completion rate, male 81.6% 2024 down 14.3% 138th Government expenditure on education, total 3.6% 2024 down 33.7% 122nd Secondary education, general pupils 19,571 2018 down 3.8% 176th Lower secondary completion rate, total 97.3% 2024 down 11.5% 46th School enrollment, preprimary, female 76.8% 2021 down 0.9% 82nd School enrollment, preprimary, male 73.5% 2021 down 2.1% 89th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 94.7% 2022 up 1.4% 73rd Government expenditure on education, total 14.2% 2025 down 20.3% 72nd Secondary education, general pupils 49.6% 2018 down 1.3% 115th Lower secondary completion rate, female 102.0% 2024 down 1.9% 20th Lower secondary completion rate, male 92.8% 2024 down 20.0% 69th Children out of school 17.6% 2024 up 232.2% 31st Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 16,314 2024 down 22.9% 180th Secondary education, pupils 18,457 2024 down 10.4% 179th Secondary education, vocational pupils 73 2005 — 182nd Number of infant deaths, male 15 2024 down 31.8% 173rd Number of infant deaths, female 13 2024 down 27.8% 173rd Number of under-five deaths, female 14 2024 down 30.0% 173rd Number of under-five deaths, male 17 2024 down 26.1% 173rd Children out of school, female 17.4% 2024 up 210.6% 31st Children out of school, male 17.8% 2024 up 255.4% 32nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 38.4% 2005 up 54.4% 124th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 98.3% 2018 down 2.9% 130th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.0% 2025 down 22.5% 73rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.5% 2025 down 33.4% 69th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.1% 2025 down 42.7% 69th Primary education, teachers 76.8% 2024 down 0.8% 105th Persistence to grade 5, total 95.5% 2022 up 1.1% 64th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 13 2024 down 13.3% 173rd Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 2 2024 unchanged 178th Page 1 of 3 Next →