Education in Trinidad and Tobago

132 indicators covering education for Trinidad and Tobago.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 69.6% 2025 down 3.9% 30th
Population ages 0-14 17.5% 2025 down 10.8% 148th
Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
School enrollment, primary 98.3% 2024 down 3.2% 121st
Primary education, teachers 7,693 2024 up 3.3% 148th
School enrollment, primary, female 98.1% 2024 down 2.0% 118th
School enrollment, primary, male 98.4% 2024 down 4.2% 123rd
Labor force, total 651,715 2025 down 4.7% 155th
Labor force, female 42.1% 2025 up 0.2% 124th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.966 GPI 2010 down 2.4% 153rd
School enrollment, secondary 95.7% 2024 79th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 9.2 per 1,000 2024 up 21.1% 44th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.9 per 1,000 2024 up 11.4% 58th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 13.3% 108th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% 115th
Secondary education, teachers 7,950 2024 146th
School enrollment, secondary, female 98.5% 2024 72nd
School enrollment, secondary, male 93.0% 2024 84th
School enrollment, tertiary 23.8% 2024 123rd
School enrollment, primary, private 9.8% 2023 down 86.4% 116th
School enrollment, preprimary 64.5% 2021 down 22.3% 106th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 18.1% 2024 128th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 29.8% 2024 123rd
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.07 GPI 2004 up 3.4% 51st
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.39 GPI 2024 34th
Secondary education, teachers, female 5,758 2024 131st
Primary completion rate, female 92.6% 2023 up 3.7% 112th
Primary completion rate, male 90.6% 2023 up 2.8% 115th
Government expenditure on education, total 3.2% 2023 down 13.8% 137th
Secondary education, general pupils 82,344 2010 down 25.9% 150th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 97.1% 2024 up 27.0% 49th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 65.1% 2021 down 21.5% 102nd
School enrollment, preprimary, male 63.9% 2021 down 23.0% 106th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 96.1% 2022 up 7.6% 60th
Government expenditure on education, total 12.6% 2025 up 2.2% 101st
Secondary education, general pupils 52.0% 2010 up 0.4% 26th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 100.8% 2024 up 24.0% 26th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 93.4% 2024 up 30.4% 63rd
Children out of school 7.2% 2024 up 27.2% 65th
Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd
Primary education, pupils 126,491 2024 down 3.7% 148th
Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd
Secondary education, pupils 91,195 2024 up 1.6% 154th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 96.6% 2022 up 4.9% 57th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 95.7% 2022 up 10.1% 57th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 892 2004 up 29.7% 168th
Number of under-five deaths, male 168 2024 down 31.1% 136th
Number of under-five deaths, female 133 2024 down 31.8% 136th
Number of infant deaths, male 151 2024 down 31.7% 135th
Number of infant deaths, female 120 2024 down 31.4% 133rd
Children out of school, female 6.2% 2024 up 11.6% 77th
Children out of school, male 8.1% 2024 up 42.0% 65th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 27.6% 2004 up 67.9% 163rd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 101.3% 2010 up 5.1% 101st
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.3% 2025 up 37.1% 133rd
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.9% 2025 up 32.0% 132nd
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.9% 2025 up 42.3% 140th
Primary education, teachers 82.3% 2024 up 4.5% 73rd
Repeaters, primary, total 6.3% 2010 down 20.1% 52nd