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Youth literacy in Barbados

In Barbados, 100.0% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2012.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1970 to 2012 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Barbados is for 2012. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Barbados, 2012 100.0% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 1970 +0.2percentage points 1970: 99.8%

Youth literacy in Barbados over time

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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2012 to 2012
Period Barbados
2012 100.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • The previous available figure was 99.8% in 1970, a change of +0.2 percentage points.

More for Barbados

All statistics for Barbados
Adult literacy rate 99.3% 1970 · 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 Out-of-school children 17.6% 2024 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2012 for Barbados
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org