Education in Dominica

326 indicators covering education for Dominica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th
Population ages 0-14 17.6% 2025 down 18.8% 144th
Population ages 15-64 69.2% 2025 up 0.7% 34th
Duration of pre-primary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 146th
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th
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
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.48 live births per woman 2024 down 13.6% 174th
School enrollment, primary, female 97.9% 2025 down 2.1% 121st
School enrollment, primary, male 97.4% 2025 down 9.3% 132nd
Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 1.48 live births per woman 2023 down 16.5% 175th
Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 1.48 live births per woman 2023 down 16.5% 175th
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 children ages 5-9 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 down 55.9% 84th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 35.3% 118th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.9 per 1,000 2024 up 11.5% 114th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 7.4 per 1,000 2024 up 25.4% 59th
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
Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 40.4% 2023 up 14.3% 27th
Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 14.15 years 2023 unchanged 83rd
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
Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 10.13 years 2023 up 10.4% 92nd
Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 10.13 years 2023 up 10.4% 92nd
Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 72.1% 2023 down 27.3% 37th
Primary completion rate, female 89.8% 2025 down 11.0% 125th
Primary completion rate, male 92.3% 2025 down 2.3% 105th
Duration of compulsory education 12 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Official entrance age to compulsory education 5 years 2025 unchanged 129th
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
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1,464 number 2019 down 22.6% 186th
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
Share of children in primary school age who are in school 96.0% 2023 down 0.6% 106th
Secondary education, pupils 4,483 2023 down 26.4% 193rd
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 4.0% 2023 up 16.3% 102nd
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