Education of Barbados

Adult literacy rate in Barbados is 99.7%. Government expenditure on education is 6.6% of GDP. The education index of Barbados is 0.74 - formal education levels in the country are average, but most of the population has a secondary school education at least; higher education is possible and not uncommon. People in Barbados speak the English language.

English language

In Barbados, around 1% of the population or 275,000 people speak English. 262,000 of Barbados's population call English their first language. 13,000 of Barbados's population use English as either foreign or second language.