Barbados vs Bulgaria: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index
Barbados
0.9983 index
in 2025
Bulgaria
0.9926 index
in 2025
Barbados rank
135th
Bulgaria rank
138th
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Barbados
- Bulgaria
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.9983 index against 0.9926 index in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0057 index.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 135th and Bulgaria ranks 138th of 164 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Bulgaria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9968 index | 0.9886 index | 0.0082 index | Barbados |
| 1990s | 0.9981 index | 0.9896 index | 0.0085 index | Barbados |
| 2000s | 0.9965 index | 0.9816 index | 0.0149 index | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.9975 index | 0.9908 index | 0.0067 index | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.9981 index | 0.9918 index | 0.0062 index | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index, Barbados or Bulgaria?
- Barbados, at 0.9983 index against 0.9926 index in Bulgaria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index between Barbados and Bulgaria?
- 0.0057 index, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Bulgaria?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Bulgaria rank globally for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Barbados ranks 135th and Bulgaria ranks 138th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal lower secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.