Education in Saint Lucia

140 indicators covering education for Saint Lucia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 70.4% 2022 down 25.9% 141st
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 2 2024 down 50.0% 178th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2 2024 down 33.3% 178th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 14 2024 up 27.3% 170th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 33 2024 up 73.7% 164th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 106.8% 2018 up 7.7% 50th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 98.6% 2018 down 6.2% 122nd
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 1.0% 2100 down 12.0% 50th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 1,500 people 2100 down 16.7% 163rd
Population by level of education 65,100 people 2100 up 3.2% 190th
Repeaters, primary, female 2.2% 2018 up 35.2% 82nd
Repeaters, primary, male 3.6% 2018 up 14.9% 74th
School enrollment, secondary, private 2.1% 2023 down 37.8% 156th
School enrollment, primary 95.4% 2018 up 2.3% 67th
Trained teachers in primary education 77.1% 2023 down 12.1% 104th
Over-age students, primary 2.7% 2018 down 26.7% 130th
Secondary education, teachers 71.3% 2024 up 1.4% 38th
School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% 2018 up 4.7% 44th
School enrollment, primary, male 94.7% 2018 down 0.0% 60th
Over-age students, primary, male 3.3% 2018 down 29.5% 128th
Over-age students, primary, female 2.1% 2018 down 20.9% 135th
Compulsory education, duration 10 years 2025 unchanged 81st
Progression to secondary school 98.2% 2017 up 0.3% 69th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 98.3% 2018 up 3.4% 48th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 81.3% 2023 down 9.5% 95th
Trained teachers in primary education, male 53.8% 2023 down 27.6% 116th
Primary education, pupils 49.6% 2018 up 1.0% 23rd
Tertiary education, academic staff 58.4% 2023 up 18.9% 16th
Persistence to grade 5, female 68.1% 2022 down 28.3% 130th
Persistence to grade 5, male 72.6% 2022 down 23.5% 120th
School enrollment, secondary 81.3% 2018 up 2.0% 83rd
Preprimary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 88th
Progression to secondary school, male 97.4% 2017 up 1.4% 80th
School enrollment, secondary, female 81.7% 2018 down 0.9% 80th
School enrollment, secondary, male 80.9% 2018 up 5.0% 75th
Progression to secondary school, female 99.1% 2017 down 0.9% 48th
Expenditure on tertiary education 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% 160th
Children out of school, primary 1,033 2024 down 28.4% 160th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 99.5% 2018 up 6.1% 8th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 97.1% 2018 up 0.7% 49th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 14.74 2018 down 31.2% 139th
Expenditure on secondary education 40.3% 2018 down 8.7% 28th
Expenditure on primary education 35.1% 2018 down 18.0% 59th
Secondary education, pupils 49.8% 2018 down 2.1% 65th
Children out of school, primary, female 466 2024 down 28.7% 159th
Children out of school, primary, male 567 2024 down 28.0% 156th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 90.3% 2018 up 2.1% 57th
Trained teachers in secondary education 68.3% 2023 down 0.8% 85th
Adolescents out of school 12.5% 2024 up 20.5% 60th
Current education expenditure, total 98.7% 2023 up 8.2% 15th
Current education expenditure, primary 100.0% 2023 up 13.0% 1st
Current education expenditure, secondary 97.9% 2023 up 3.0% 28th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 92.3% 2018 up 3.1% 53rd
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 71.5% 2023 up 0.4% 81st
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 60.3% 2023 down 4.4% 85th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 11.15 2018 down 31.9% 133rd
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 5.94 2016 down 46.4% 178th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, male 78.1% 2018 down 4.9% 57th
Adolescents out of school, female 7.5% 2024 down 32.5% 76th
Adolescents out of school, male 17.4% 2024 up 78.8% 48th