5. Barbados
No. of high education students per 100,000 people: 4900
Barbados has a very high literacy level being around 98%. There are 74 public schools and also several private primary schools. Concerning the public education, apart from being free, it also provides textbooks for students as well for all levels of education, including universities. There are universities like Erdiston Teachers’ College and Barbados Community College, but also the American University of Integrative Sciences (AUIS) and branches of University of West Indies (offering under and postgraduate studies of humanities, sciences, computer sciences, medicine law, etc.).