Primary net enrolment in Barbados
In Barbados, 82.4% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1971.
Barbados, 2024
82.4%
Change from 2023
−3.1percentage points
Primary net enrolment in Barbados over time
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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Barbados |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 82.4% |
| 2023 | 85.5% |
| 2022 | 87.9% |
| 2021 | 90.7% |
| 2020 | 92.3% |
| 2019 | 93.7% |
| 2018 | 93.6% |
| 2017 | 93.2% |
| 2016 | 96.1% |
| 2015 | 95.3% |
| 2014 | 94.7% |
| 2011 | 98.0% |
| 2010 | 98.2% |
| 2009 | 96.6%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2008 | 98.1%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2007 | 98.0% |
| 2006 | 98.1% |
| 2005 | 97.4% |
| 2004 | 99.4% |
| 2003 | 99.0% |
| 2002 | 99.0% |
| 2001 | 99.5% |
Flags: nat_est National estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −3.1 percentage points from 85.5% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 94.7%, the figure has changed by −12.3 percentage points.
More for Barbados
All statistics for Barbados
Out-of-school children
17.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school enrolment (gross)
83.9%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
26.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
98.5%
2012 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
98.2%
2012 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
94.2%
2012 · UNESCO UIS