Secondary education, duration in Barbados
Barbados: Secondary education, duration was 5 years in 2025. ▼ Falling
Secondary education, duration in Barbados, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for secondary education, duration in Barbados is 5 years, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, duration in Barbados peaked at 6 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 5 years, in 1998.
Barbados ranks 183rd of 209 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.8 years | 5 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 6 |
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- 183 Antigua and Barbuda 5 years compare
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- 183 Eswatini 5 years compare
- 183 Grenada 5 years compare
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- 183 Honduras 5 years compare
- 183 Ireland 5 years compare
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- 183 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 5 years compare
- 183 South Africa 5 years compare
- 183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 years compare
- 183 Saint Lucia 5 years compare
- 183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 years compare
- 183 Trinidad and Tobago 5 years compare
- 183 Turks and Caicos Islands 5 years compare
- 183 Venezuela 5 years compare
- 183 Zambia 5 years compare
More education data for Barbados
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.1% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 83.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,592 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 83.0% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 84.8% (2024)
- Labor force, female 49.7% (2025)
- Labor force, total 151,620 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, duration in Barbados?
- Secondary education, duration in Barbados was 5 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, duration recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest secondary education, duration recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 years in 1998.
- How does Barbados rank for secondary education, duration?
- Barbados ranks 183rd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is secondary education, duration rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Secondary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in secondary school.