Education in Caribbean small states

111 indicators covering education for Caribbean small states.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 0-14 21.6% 2025 down 10.5%
Population ages 15-64 67.9% 2025 down 0.5%
School enrollment, primary 94.0% 2024 down 5.7%
Primary education, teachers 41,622 2024 up 6.1%
School enrollment, primary, female 93.5% 2024 down 5.3%
School enrollment, primary, male 94.6% 2024 down 6.1%
Labor force, female 44.2% 2025 up 3.6%
Labor force, total 1.97 million 2025 up 4.5%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9908 GPI 2020 up 1.2%
School enrollment, secondary 85.9% 2024 down 2.1%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.26 per 1,000 2024 down 17.3%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.63 per 1,000 2024 down 11.8%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.44 per 1,000 2024 down 10.6%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 7.54 per 1,000 2024 down 7.4%
Secondary education, teachers 39,498 2024 up 3.4%
School enrollment, secondary, female 87.2% 2024 down 4.3%
School enrollment, secondary, male 84.7% 2024 up 0.2%
School enrollment, tertiary 22.4% 2016 up 39.0%
School enrollment, preprimary 71.6% 2020 down 12.3%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 28.6% 2016 up 33.7%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 16.4% 2016 up 49.0%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2020 down 3.2%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.43 GPI 2016 down 4.0%
Secondary education, teachers, female 28,191 2024 up 6.4%
Primary completion rate, female 90.0% 2024 down 3.5%
Primary completion rate, male 88.1% 2024 down 5.1%
Government expenditure on education, total 3.2% 2023 down 13.8%
Secondary education, general pupils 513,048 2018 down 12.8%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 80.2% 2024 down 2.7%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 72.0% 2020 down 12.5%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 71.1% 2020 down 12.2%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 81.3% 2023 down 10.9%
Government expenditure on education, total 12.6% 2025 up 2.2%
Secondary education, general pupils 51.0% 2018 down 0.2%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 83.7% 2024 down 3.2%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 76.8% 2024 down 2.2%
Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged
Primary education, pupils 623,110 2024 down 14.7%
Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 516,603 2024 down 10.8%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 84.2% 2023 down 9.8%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 78.5% 2023 down 11.9%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 33,766 2018 up 10.5%
Number of infant deaths, female 470 2024 down 27.7%
Number of infant deaths, male 608 2024 down 27.6%
Number of under-five deaths, female 517 2024 down 28.5%
Number of under-five deaths, male 671 2024 down 27.9%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 45.4% 2018 down 3.9%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 89.9% 2018 down 4.8%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 8.9% 2025 down 8.9%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.5% 2025 down 8.3%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.6% 2025 down 8.1%
Primary education, teachers 87.3% 2024 up 1.2%
Repeaters, primary, total 4.7% 2018 up 0.2%
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 86 2024 down 20.4%
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 114 2024 down 13.0%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 312 2024 down 15.0%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 537 2024 down 10.5%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 90.0% 2018 down 4.2%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 89.9% 2018 down 5.3%