Education in Barbados 1,998 indicators covering education for Barbados. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 53.0% 2019 — 48th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 50.0% 2019 — 48th Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 470 number 2019 down 68.9% 31st Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 290 number 2019 down 64.8% 29th Adjusted gender parity index for the proportion of teachers with the 1.1% 2024 down 2.8% 13th Initial private expenditure on education (household) as a percentage 1.0% 2024 down 29.2% 34th Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 656 2024 up 15.3% 36th Total net enrolment rate: primary education 85.52 2023 down 9.7% 31st Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 383 2024 up 20.4% 33rd Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 81.7% 2022 up 12.2% 13th Share of GDP per capita spent by the government on each primary school student vs. GDP per capita 20.8% 2016 up 8.2% 28th Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 273 2024 up 8.8% 36th Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 86.4% 2022 down 9.0% 5th Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are qualified 65.4% 2024 up 3.8% 29th Percentage of teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education who 58.4% 2024 down 8.8% 29th Percentage of teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education who 61.7% 2019 up 13.2% 15th Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 53.8% 2022 up 37.5% 48th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 51.9% 2019 — 43rd Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained 66.7% 2024 up 2.5% 28th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% 57th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 52.9% 2019 — 41st Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 50.3% 2019 — 39th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in 100.0% 2016 up 5.8% 1st Government expenditure on secondary education as a percentage of GDP 1.31 2023 up 2.9% 15th Number of destroyed or damaged educational facilities attributed to 3 2024 down 66.7% 41st Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are trained 66.8% 2024 up 3.0% 18th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are qualified 95.7% 2024 up 1.5% 51st Government expenditure on education 12.47 2023 down 16.0% 25th Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP 7.8% 2023 up 12.2% 4th Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 35.9% 2024 up 27.6% 34th Initial household funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 1,540 2023 up 12.2% 9th Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 47.9% 2024 up 42.0% 34th Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 62.9% 2024 up 56.4% 29th Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 100.0% 2016 up 248.8% 1st All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 93.4% 2010 down 6.6% 4th Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP 1.46 2023 up 3,349.1% 14th Expenditure on education (public, households, ODA) as a percentage of 4.6% 2023 down 28.7% 56th Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 1.43 GPIA 2024 up 9.9% 11th Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary 7.59 millions 2023 up 22.5% 56th Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary 0.1% 2023 up 3.2% 49th Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary 6.77 millions 2023 up 16.0% 59th Net enrolment rate: pre-primary education 59.69 2023 down 26.1% 28th Total net enrolment rate: upper secondary education 91.76 2023 down 8.2% 7th Total net enrolment rate: lower secondary education 98.64 2023 up 0.3% 7th Initial private expenditure on education (other non-educational) 0.0% 2023 — 46th Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary 7.59 millions 2023 up 2.6% 56th Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary 6.77 millions 2023 up 2.6% 59th Number of out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age 625 2023 up 12,400.0% 27th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age 8.24 2023 up 11,513.3% 29th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.35 2023 down 18.9% 28th Initial household funding per secondary student as a percentage of 5.8% 2023 up 51.4% 14th Initial household funding per secondary student, constant PPP$ 1,156 2023 up 49.5% 16th Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP 1.27 2023 down 33.3% 6th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary 8.0% 2010 up 1,345.5% 42nd Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary 12.3% 2010 up 1,268.9% 67th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary 6.3% 2010 up 657.8% 85th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with tertiary 2.0% 2010 up 159.2% 108th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. 1.4% 2010 up 91.7% 120th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with tertiary 0.9% 2010 up 24.0% 122nd Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary 0.8% 2010 up 15.3% 129th ← Previous Page 30 of 34 Next →