# Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Barbados

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Barbados was 50.8% in 2025. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_enrolment_gross`
- Place id: `bb`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Students enrolled in tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 8), of any age, as a percentage of the population in the five-year age group that follows the official secondary school leaving age. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Note: A gross ratio: students outside the reference ages and students from abroad are counted, so it can exceed 100%. It counts students, not graduates; for degree holders in the United States see bachelors_degree_share.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR), via World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 50.8 |
| 2024 | 53.6 |
| 2023 | 54.3 |
| 2022 | 55.1 |
| 2021 | 54.7 |
| 2020 | 53 |
| 2019 | 48.9 |
| 2018 | 45.9 |
| 2017 | 51 |
| 2016 | 52.1 |
| 2015 | 57.3 |
| 2014 | 71.3 |
| 2013 | 73.2 |
| 2012 | 70 |
| 2011 | 66.9 |
| 2010 | 69.6 |
| 2009 | 74.2 |
| 2007 | 60.2 |
| 2001 | 41.2 |
| 2000 | 41.9 |
| 1999 | 36.1 |
| 1993 | 27.2 |
| 1992 | 29.5 |
| 1991 | 28.4 |
| 1990 | 18.2 |
| 1989 | 18.1 |
| 1985 | 20 |
| 1984 | 19.1 |
| 1982 | 18.3 |
| 1981 | 15.2 |
| 1974 | 6 |
| 1973 | 5.4 |
| 1972 | 4.4 |
| 1971 | 3.3 |