Preprimary education, duration in Dominica
Dominica: Preprimary education, duration was 5 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Preprimary education, duration in Dominica, 2000–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 5 years for preprimary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, preprimary education, duration in Dominica peaked at 5 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2 years, in 2000.
Dominica ranks 61st of 202 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 years | 2 years | 2 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 7 |
| 2020s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 6 |
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More education data for Dominica
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 552 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.9% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, male 97.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9546 GPI (2021)
- School enrollment, secondary 102.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in Dominica?
- Preprimary education, duration in Dominica was 5 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest preprimary education, duration recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 5 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 years in 2000.
- How does Dominica rank for preprimary education, duration?
- Dominica ranks 61st out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Preprimary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Preprimary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in preprimary school.