Barbados vs Malta: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index
Barbados
0.9983 index
in 2025
Malta
0.9997 index
in 2025
Barbados rank
135th
Malta rank
133rd
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Barbados
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.9997 index against 0.9983 index in Barbados, a difference of 0.0014 index.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Malta ahead.
Barbados ranks 135th and Malta ranks 133rd of 164 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9968 index | 0.9989 index | 0.0021 index | Malta |
| 1990s | 0.9981 index | 0.9988 index | 0.0007 index | Malta |
| 2000s | 0.9965 index | 0.9981 index | 0.0016 index | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.9975 index | 0.9985 index | 0.001 index | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.9981 index | 0.9998 index | 0.0017 index | Malta |
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 Malta?
- Malta, at 0.9997 index against 0.9983 index in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index between Barbados and Malta?
- 0.0014 index, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Malta?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Malta rank globally for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Barbados ranks 135th and Malta ranks 133rd 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.