Education in Dominica

122 indicators covering education for Dominica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 69.2% 2025 up 0.7% 34th
Population ages 0-14 17.6% 2025 down 18.8% 144th
Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
School enrollment, primary 97.7% 2025 down 5.8% 128th
Primary education, teachers 552 2023 up 4.3% 189th
School enrollment, primary, female 97.9% 2025 down 2.1% 121st
School enrollment, primary, male 97.4% 2025 down 9.3% 132nd
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9546 GPI 2021 down 4.0% 169th
School enrollment, secondary 102.6% 2023 down 0.2% 51st
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 7.4 per 1,000 2024 up 25.4% 59th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.9 per 1,000 2024 up 11.5% 114th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 35.3% 118th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 down 55.9% 84th
Secondary education, teachers 511 2023 down 5.9% 190th
School enrollment, secondary, female 96.3% 2023 down 3.6% 80th
School enrollment, secondary, male 109.3% 2023 up 3.4% 27th
School enrollment, tertiary 6.9% 1993 up 938.4% 170th
School enrollment, primary, private 40.4% 2023 up 14.3% 25th
School enrollment, preprimary 66.0% 2021 down 35.7% 103rd
School enrollment, tertiary, male 7.2% 1993 up 3,846.2% 167th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 6.6% 1993 up 472.4% 163rd
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9903 GPI 2021 down 7.6% 129th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.9163 GPI 1993 down 50.2% 151st
Secondary education, teachers, female 357 2023 down 8.5% 183rd
Primary completion rate, female 89.8% 2025 down 11.0% 125th
Primary completion rate, male 92.3% 2025 down 2.3% 105th
Government expenditure on education, total 5.4% 2024 up 24.3% 44th
Secondary education, general pupils 5,618 2016 down 22.7% 189th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 90.4% 2023 up 3.1% 90th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 65.6% 2021 down 39.3% 101st
School enrollment, preprimary, male 66.5% 2021 down 31.9% 101st
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 89.7% 2021 up 2.1% 98th
Government expenditure on education, total 5.8% 2025 down 43.2% 188th
Secondary education, general pupils 50.4% 2016 up 2.5% 75th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 81.7% 2023 down 0.2% 122nd
Lower secondary completion rate, male 100.0% 2023 up 6.8% 21st
Children out of school 4.0% 2023 up 16.3% 97th
Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd
Primary education, pupils 5,427 2025 down 27.8% 192nd
Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd
Secondary education, pupils 4,483 2023 down 26.4% 193rd
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 90.8% 2021 up 5.7% 94th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 88.6% 2021 down 1.7% 92nd
Secondary education, vocational pupils 0 2015 down 100.0% 185th
Number of under-five deaths, male 14 2024 down 6.7% 175th
Number of under-five deaths, female 12 2024 unchanged 175th
Number of infant deaths, male 13 2024 unchanged 175th
Number of infant deaths, female 11 2024 unchanged 175th
Children out of school, female 5.9% 2023 up 121.0% 79th
Children out of school, male 2.0% 2023 down 35.6% 136th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 69.2% 2011 up 111.6% 2nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 114.0% 2016 up 11.3% 29th
Primary education, teachers 88.9% 2023 up 4.6% 37th
Repeaters, primary, total 2.9% 2016 down 25.3% 84th
Persistence to grade 5, total 93.0% 2021 up 3.7% 79th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1 2024 down 66.7% 184th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 7 2024 down 12.5% 181st
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1 2024 down 50.0% 186th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 3 2024 down 25.0% 186th