Education in Dominica

122 indicators covering education for Dominica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 113.2% 2016 up 12.6% 28th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 114.7% 2016 up 9.9% 30th
Repeaters, primary, female 2.2% 2016 down 27.7% 83rd
Repeaters, primary, male 3.5% 2016 down 23.9% 77th
School enrollment, secondary, private 34.2% 2023 up 17.3% 30th
School enrollment, primary 95.4% 2016 up 16.5% 65th
Trained teachers in primary education 66.1% 2023 up 1.4% 118th
Over-age students, primary 6.7% 2016 up 161.6% 89th
Secondary education, teachers 69.9% 2023 down 2.7% 44th
School enrollment, primary, female 88.1% 2009 down 3.7% 107th
School enrollment, primary, male 86.7% 2009 down 1.7% 120th
Over-age students, primary, male 8.6% 2016 up 135.0% 78th
Over-age students, primary, female 4.6% 2016 up 235.9% 105th
Compulsory education, duration 12 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Progression to secondary school 96.2% 2014 down 2.9% 97th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 98.0% 2016 up 12.8% 59th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 66.6% 2023 down 0.1% 113th
Trained teachers in primary education, male 62.3% 2023 up 9.4% 111th
Primary education, pupils 48.4% 2016 down 0.5% 118th
Tertiary education, academic staff 32.4% 1993 down 50.0% 129th
Persistence to grade 5, female 95.4% 2021 up 6.2% 66th
Persistence to grade 5, male 90.9% 2021 up 0.9% 77th
School enrollment, secondary 87.7% 2016 up 20.9% 53rd
Preprimary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 61st
Progression to secondary school, male 100.0% 2014 unchanged 1st
School enrollment, secondary, female 91.2% 2016 up 16.2% 43rd
School enrollment, secondary, male 84.4% 2016 up 25.7% 62nd
Progression to secondary school, female 92.5% 2014 down 5.6% 108th
Children out of school, primary 230 2023 down 6.1% 177th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 93.1% 2009 down 2.4% 92nd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 89.7% 2009 down 0.8% 113th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 13.08 2016 down 24.1% 159th
Secondary education, pupils 49.2% 2015 down 1.7% 90th
Children out of school, primary, female 173 2023 up 71.3% 169th
Children out of school, primary, male 57 2023 down 49.1% 174th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 54.3% 2023 up 171.7% 88th
Trained teachers in secondary education 44.4% 2023 up 8.2% 100th
Adolescents out of school 7.5% 2023 up 1,319.9% 80th
Current education expenditure, primary 92.9% 2023 down 7.1% 71st
Current education expenditure, secondary 96.2% 2023 down 3.8% 40th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 54.3% 2023 up 171.7% 85th
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 52.7% 2023 up 16.0% 93rd
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 25.3% 2023 down 15.8% 99th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 10.69 2015 down 29.0% 142nd
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 11.27 2016 down 18.9% 146th
Adolescents out of school, female 12.2% 2023 up 67.1% 57th
Adolescents out of school, male 2.5% 2023 up 35.0% 119th
Net intake rate in grade 1 67.5% 2014 up 35.1% 72nd
Trained teachers in lower secondary education 48.4% 2016 up 81.0% 77th
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 14.24 1993 up 317.2% 103rd
Net intake rate in grade 1, female 62.6% 2014 up 29.2% 78th
Net intake rate in grade 1, male 72.1% 2014 up 40.5% 56th
Trained teachers in upper secondary education 48.7% 2016 up 12.7% 74th
Trained teachers in lower secondary education, female 51.0% 2016 up 65.7% 74th
Trained teachers in lower secondary education, male 41.3% 2016 up 109.0% 76th
Pupils per qualified teacher in primary education 14.1 pupils per teacher 2023 down 12.9% 88th
Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary 13.97 2014 down 15.5% 67th
Trained teachers in upper secondary education, female 51.7% 2016 up 17.2% 70th
Trained teachers in upper secondary education, male 40.8% 2016 down 2.1% 73rd
Government expenditure per student, primary 14.6% 2015 up 6.8% 66th