Compulsory education, duration in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Compulsory education, duration was 10 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Compulsory education, duration in Saint Lucia, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compulsory education, duration in Saint Lucia is 10 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Saint Lucia peaked at 10 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 1998.
Saint Lucia ranks 81st of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 6 |
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More education data for Saint Lucia
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 72.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,067 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.2% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 96.4% (2024)
- Labor force, female 46.3% (2025)
- Labor force, total 101,771 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Saint Lucia?
- Compulsory education, duration in Saint Lucia was 10 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 10 years in 1998.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 1998.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Saint Lucia ranks 81st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Compulsory education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.