Barbados's secondary education, general pupils (% female) was 49.59% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.66 percentage points from 50.25% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 49.59% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 50.25% | 2008 |
| Highest | 53.16% | 1980 |
| Lowest | 46.89% | 1990 |
| Average since 2009 | 49.73% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 51.56% | 1971 |
Since 1971 it is down 1.97 percentage points from 51.56% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 13 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2018, Barbados' secondary education, general pupils (% female) fell 0.02 percentage points on 2017 (from 49.62% to 49.59%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2017), the average change was −0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.17 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.79 percentage points in 1980 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.28 percentage points in 1990. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 25% 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 2018, Barbados had the 49th highest value of the 84 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 | 49.59% | 2018 |
| World | 48.61% | 2018 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 49.9% | 2018 |
| High income | 49.36% | 2018 |
Closest to Barbados in the 2018 ranking
- Albania — 45th of 84: 49.71%
- Cayman Islands — 46th of 84: 49.68%
- Turks and Caicos Islands — 47th of 84: 49.65%
- Malawi — 49th of 84: 49.53%
- Ukraine — 50th of 84: 49.47%
- Andorra — 51st of 84: 49.39%
What this measures
Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.
Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 35 values
| Year | Secondary education, general pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 49.59 |
| 2017 | 49.62 |
| 2016 | 49.8 |
| 2015 | 49.58 |
| 2014 | 49.54 |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | 50.2 |
| 2010 | 49.56 |
| 2009 | 49.97 |
| 2008 |
Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 48.96% (2018)
- Argentina — 50.18% (2017)
- Bahamas, The — 51.74% (2018)
- Belize — 50.89% (2018)
- Bolivia — 47.49% (2018)
- Brazil — 49.52% (2017)
- British Virgin Islands — 51.7% (2017)
- Cayman Islands — 49.68% (2018)
- Chile — 50.03% (2017)
- Colombia
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)
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Questions people ask
- What is Barbados's secondary education, general pupils (% female)?
- 49.59% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is down 1.97 percentage points from 51.56% in 1971. The highest value was 53.16% in 1980 and the lowest 46.89% in 1990.
- How does Barbados rank?
- 49th highest of 84 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in secondary education, general pupils (% female) unusual for Barbados?
- In 2018, Barbados' secondary education, general pupils (% female) fell 0.02 percentage points on 2017 (from 49.62% to 49.59%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2017), the average change was −0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.17 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.GC.FE.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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