Barbados
Last updated August 4, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Human Capital is a strength, but Innovation lags
Barbados shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (57th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.
- Global percentile
- 57th
- Global rank
- Not ranked (microstate)
- Regional rank
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Country profile
Barbados shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Most dimension scores sit close to global norms, without a single dimension standing far above the rest.
Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Gender parity across secondary pathways reflects sustained commitment to equitable participation.
Regionally, Barbados leads most clearly in Governance, sitting well above the peer average.
Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.
Key insights
Scores range from Human Capital (77.2) to Innovation (37.6), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Leads regional peers most clearly in Governance.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score