Education in Saint Kitts and Nevis

106 indicators covering education for Saint Kitts and Nevis.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
Population ages 0-14 18.3% 2025 down 11.1% 134th
Population ages 15-64 69.9% 2025 down 2.5% 25th
School enrollment, primary 121.1% 2023 up 5.9% 9th
Primary education, teachers 408 2023 up 6.0% 194th
School enrollment, primary, female 117.0% 2023 up 5.0% 17th
School enrollment, primary, male 125.3% 2023 up 6.8% 9th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9479 GPI 2021 down 3.4% 172nd
School enrollment, secondary 137.5% 2023 up 13.3% 5th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 18.8% 93rd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 11.1% 92nd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 5.7 per 1,000 2024 down 18.6% 46th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 10.3 per 1,000 2024 down 2.8% 36th
Secondary education, teachers 531 2023 up 37.6% 189th
School enrollment, secondary, female 130.7% 2023 up 1.4% 8th
School enrollment, secondary, male 144.9% 2023 up 27.5% 2nd
School enrollment, tertiary 93.9% 2015 up 372.3% 14th
School enrollment, primary, private 23.7% 2021 up 13.7% 53rd
School enrollment, preprimary 93.7% 2021 down 26.2% 45th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 122.8% 2015 up 356.0% 8th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 64.0% 2015 up 394.9% 40th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9907 GPI 2021 down 0.9% 126th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.48 GPI 2015 down 2.7% 18th
Secondary education, teachers, female 392 2023 up 59.3% 181st
Primary completion rate, female 115.2% 2023 down 3.0% 2nd
Primary completion rate, male 133.7% 2023 up 15.9% 2nd
Government expenditure on education, total 3.5% 2023 up 7.2% 126th
Secondary education, general pupils 4,175 2016 up 6.0% 191st
Lower secondary completion rate, total 119.7% 2023 up 6.6% 2nd
School enrollment, preprimary, female 89.3% 2021 down 34.7% 57th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 98.1% 2021 down 16.4% 30th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 95.4% 2014 up 41.6% 67th
Government expenditure on education, total 11.0% 2025 up 25.4% 131st
Secondary education, general pupils 51.4% 2016 up 1.4% 46th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 110.1% 2023 down 3.1% 7th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 130.0% 2023 up 17.1% 1st
Children out of school 0.9% 2008 down 57.1% 154th
Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd
Primary education, pupils 5,110 2023 down 8.6% 194th
Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd
Secondary education, pupils 3,904 2023 down 11.6% 195th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 0 1995 down 100.0% 185th
Number of infant deaths, female 3 2024 down 40.0% 186th
Number of infant deaths, male 5 2024 down 16.7% 185th
Number of under-five deaths, female 4 2024 down 33.3% 186th
Number of under-five deaths, male 5 2024 down 28.6% 187th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 105.1% 2016 down 5.0% 64th
Primary education, teachers 94.6% 2023 up 5.6% 13th
Repeaters, primary, total 1.6% 2016 down 13.8% 108th
Persistence to grade 5, total 98.0% 2014 up 20.6% 37th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 0 2024 down 100.0% 186th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1 2024 down 50.0% 186th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 4 2024 down 33.3% 182nd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 7 2024 down 12.5% 181st
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 99.7% 2016 down 5.1% 110th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 110.5% 2016 down 5.1% 40th
Repeaters, primary, female 1.1% 2016 up 6.2% 111th
Repeaters, primary, male 2.1% 2016 down 21.5% 100th
School enrollment, secondary, private 7.0% 2021 up 56.1% 130th