Preprimary education, duration in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Preprimary education, duration was 4 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Preprimary education, duration in Saint Lucia, 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 4 years for preprimary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, preprimary education, duration in Saint Lucia peaked at 4 years in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3 years, in 1999.
That places Saint Lucia 88th out of 202 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.7 years | 3 years | 4 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4 years | 4 years | 4 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4 years | 4 years | 4 years | 6 |
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- 88 Belarus 4 years compare
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- 88 Mongolia 4 years compare
- 88 Papua New Guinea 4 years compare
- 88 Poland 4 years compare
- 88 Saudi Arabia 4 years compare
- 88 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 years compare
- 88 Tajikistan 4 years compare
- 88 Uzbekistan 4 years compare
- 88 Zambia 4 years compare
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 preprimary education, duration in Saint Lucia?
- Preprimary education, duration in Saint Lucia was 4 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest preprimary education, duration recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 4 years in 2003.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 years in 1999.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for preprimary education, duration?
- Saint Lucia ranks 88th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary 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 rising.
- 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 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.