Education in Trinidad and Tobago 791 indicators covering education for Trinidad and Tobago. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 10.79 years 2023 up 1.2% 76th Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 10.79 years 2023 up 1.2% 76th Average years of schooling among adults 10.79 years 2023 up 1.2% 76th Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 71.1% 2023 — 40th Average years of schooling, males vs. females 10.64 years 2023 up 0.1% 80th Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 13.87 years 2023 up 6.8% 82nd Primary completion rate, female 92.6% 2023 up 3.7% 112th Primary completion rate, male 90.6% 2023 up 2.8% 115th Duration of compulsory education 7 years 2025 unchanged 173rd Official entrance age to compulsory education 5 years 2025 unchanged 129th 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 Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 94.0% 2004 up 5.3% 119th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 11.35 years 2004 up 6.6% 115th 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 School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.5975 years 2004 up 64.1% 143rd 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 Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 32,236 number 2019 up 9.0% 137th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 92.8% 2024 down 1.6% 141st 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 Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 7.2% 2024 up 27.2% 67th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 94.5% 2004 up 5.2% 116th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 93.5% 2004 up 5.4% 121st School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 11.4 years 2004 up 6.4% 110th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2004 down 0.5% 70th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 11.3 years 2004 up 6.9% 111th 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 Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 93.8% 2024 down 0.7% 108th 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 School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.5282 years 2004 up 24.3% 146th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.26 GPI 2004 up 77.7% 77th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.6681 years 2004 up 120.9% 134th Teachers in primary education, female 5,865 number 2009 down 4.3% 143rd Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 index 2024 up 1.9% 27th Children out of school, female 6.2% 2024 up 11.6% 77th Children out of school, male 8.1% 2024 up 42.0% 65th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 16,007 number 2019 up 9.9% 137th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 82.7% 2019 down 0.5% 23rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 27.6% 2004 up 67.9% 163rd Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 1.3% 2004 up 8.9% 167th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 12.27 years 2004 up 11.4% 114th Productivity vs. educational attainment 45.94 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 14.7% 40th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 101.3% 2010 up 5.1% 101st Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 0.3% 2019 down 39.0% 173rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.3% 2025 up 37.1% 133rd ← Previous Page 2 of 14 Next →