Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary in Barbados

Barbados: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary was 763 number in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
763 number
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
131st
of 149 countries
All-time high
2,626 number
in 1981
All-time low
562 number
in 1999
Years of data
22
1981–2019

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary in Barbados, 1981–2019

5001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k1981200020191981: 2.6k number1983: 2.2k number1989: 1.4k number1999: 562 number2000: 1.3k number2001: 1.6k number2002: 1.7k number2003: 1.8k number2004: 2.0k number2005: 2.3k number2006: 1.7k number2007: 1.6k number2008: 1.9k number2009: 1.7k number2010: 1.7k number2011: 1.8k number2014: 1.6k number2015: 1.0k number2016: 773 number2017: 925 number2018: 757 number2019: 763 number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary in Barbados stood at 763 number.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 55.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary in Barbados peaked at 2,626 number in 1981 and was at its lowest, 562 number, in 1999.

Barbados ranks 131st of 149 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary in Barbados, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number) in Barbados, 1981 to 2019.
Year number Change
1981 2,626 number
1983 2,153 number -18.0%
1989 1,394 number -35.3%
1999 562 number -59.7%
2000 1,291 number +129.7%
2001 1,631 number +26.3%
2002 1,697 number +4.0%
2003 1,848 number +8.9%
2004 1,970 number +6.6%
2005 2,298 number +16.6%
2006 1,657 number -27.9%
2007 1,567 number -5.4%
2008 1,927 number +23.0%
2009 1,719 number -10.8%
2010 1,676 number -2.5%
2011 1,805 number +7.7%
2014 1,587 number -12.1%
2015 1,043 number -34.3%
2016 773 number -25.9%
2017 925 number +19.7%
2018 757 number -18.2%
2019 763 number +0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 2,058 number 1,394 number 2,626 number 3
1990s 562 number 562 number 562 number 1
2000s 1,760 number 1,291 number 2,298 number 10
2010s 1,166 number 757 number 1,805 number 8

Countries ranked near Barbados

  1. 128 Saint Lucia 969 number compare
  2. 129 Cayman Islands 966 number compare
  3. 130 Norway 964 number compare
  4. 132 Tonga 729 number compare
  5. 133 Grenada 691 number compare
  6. 134 Macau, China 649 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary in Barbados?
Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary in Barbados was 763 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary recorded in Barbados?
The highest recorded value was 2,626 number in 1981.
What is the lowest out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary recorded in Barbados?
The lowest recorded value was 562 number in 1999.
How does Barbados rank for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?
Barbados ranks 131st out of 149 countries with data for 2019.
Is out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary rising or falling in Barbados?
Over the last ten years it is down 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Barbados data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,726 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/