Barbados's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) was 39.31% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 39.31% | 2016 |
| Highest | 39.31% | 1991 |
| Lowest | 22.48% | 2014 |
| Average since 2007 | 29.63% | 2007–2016 |
| First recorded | 34.16% | 1971 |
Since 1971 it is up 5.15 percentage points from 34.16% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 24 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.32 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.07 percentage points in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2007 to 2016 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2016, Barbados had the 9th highest value of the 35 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Barbados | 39.31% | 2016 |
| High income | 35.58% | 2016 |
Closest to Barbados in the 2016 ranking
- Netherlands — 6th of 35: 40.49%
- Hungary — 7th of 35: 40.2%
- Austria — 8th of 35: 39.63%
- Romania — 10th of 35: 39.09%
- Korea, Rep. — 11th of 35: 38.68%
- Lithuania — 12th of 35: 38.63%
What this measures
Expenditure on secondary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 22 values
| Year | Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 39.31 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | 22.48 |
| 2013 | 24.86 |
| 2012 | 29.93 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | 29.64 |
| 2009 | 28.94 |
| 2008 | 29.37 |
| 2007 | 32.48 |
Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 39.54% (2017)
- Aruba — 33.25% (2016)
- Belize — 39.95% (2017)
- Brazil — 41.37% (2015)
- British Virgin Islands — 35.07% (2017)
- Chile — 28.47% (2017)
- Colombia — 38.06% (2018)
- Costa Rica — 28.68% (2018)
More education data for Barbados
- Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 16,314 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 83.94% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 83.04% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 84.8% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 18,457 (2024)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 104.37% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Barbados's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)?
- 39.31% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 5.15 percentage points from 34.16% in 1971. The highest value was 39.31% in 1991 and the lowest 22.48% in 2014.
- How does Barbados rank?
- 9th highest of 35 economies with data for 2016.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.SECO.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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