Education in Saint Lucia 140 indicators covering education for Saint Lucia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 72.8% 2025 up 2.3% 13th Population ages 0-14 17.2% 2025 down 17.4% 150th Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 96.8% 2024 down 0.1% 142nd Primary education, teachers 1,067 2024 down 12.3% 179th School enrollment, primary, female 97.2% 2024 up 0.6% 133rd School enrollment, primary, male 96.4% 2024 down 0.8% 144th Labor force, total 101,771 2025 up 6.1% 180th Labor force, female 46.3% 2025 up 0.0% 83rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2020 up 6.0% 18th School enrollment, secondary 87.9% 2024 down 3.2% 115th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 11.9 per 1,000 2024 up 105.2% 26th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 5.6 per 1,000 2024 up 69.7% 47th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.8 per 1,000 2024 down 33.3% 142nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.2 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 101st Secondary education, teachers 1,037 2024 up 2.8% 176th School enrollment, secondary, female 91.6% 2024 down 0.2% 107th School enrollment, secondary, male 84.3% 2024 down 6.0% 122nd School enrollment, tertiary 15.0% 2023 up 7.3% 142nd School enrollment, primary, private 6.0% 2023 up 9.0% 139th School enrollment, preprimary 78.0% 2020 up 7.5% 80th School enrollment, tertiary, male 9.7% 2023 up 6.3% 159th School enrollment, tertiary, female 20.6% 2023 up 7.4% 137th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9807 GPI 2020 down 0.8% 139th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.53 GPI 2023 up 0.3% 10th Secondary education, teachers, female 739 2024 up 4.2% 165th Primary completion rate, female 101.3% 2024 up 4.0% 36th Primary completion rate, male 93.5% 2024 down 4.2% 96th Government expenditure on education, total 3.8% 2024 down 1.1% 110th Secondary education, general pupils 11,655 2018 down 26.1% 181st Lower secondary completion rate, total 83.0% 2024 down 7.9% 112th School enrollment, preprimary, female 78.8% 2020 up 11.3% 78th School enrollment, preprimary, male 77.3% 2020 up 3.9% 78th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 59.1% 2022 down 34.0% 161st Government expenditure on education, total 12.7% 2025 down 22.5% 95th Secondary education, general pupils 50.1% 2018 down 2.0% 89th Lower secondary completion rate, female 88.8% 2024 down 2.6% 100th Lower secondary completion rate, male 77.5% 2024 down 13.0% 116th Children out of school 7.0% 2024 down 13.2% 66th Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, pupils 14,257 2024 down 12.4% 184th Secondary education, pupils 10,378 2024 down 23.5% 185th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 58.1% 2022 down 34.0% 145th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 60.0% 2022 down 34.1% 144th Secondary education, vocational pupils 137 2018 down 42.9% 177th Number of under-five deaths, male 20 2024 down 13.0% 171st Number of under-five deaths, female 15 2024 down 16.7% 172nd Number of infant deaths, male 18 2024 down 10.0% 171st Number of infant deaths, female 14 2024 down 12.5% 170th Children out of school, female 6.4% 2024 down 15.0% 76th Children out of school, male 7.6% 2024 down 11.5% 68th Secondary education, vocational pupils 18.2% 2018 down 42.4% 173rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 102.7% 2018 up 0.5% 84th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 9.5% 2025 down 54.6% 41st Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 10.7% 2025 down 52.9% 46th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 8.4% 2025 down 56.5% 47th Primary education, teachers 86.2% 2024 down 2.6% 55th Repeaters, primary, total 2.9% 2018 up 21.4% 83rd Page 1 of 3 Next →