Primary school starting age in Grenada
Grenada: Primary school starting age was 5 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Primary school starting age in Grenada, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, primary school starting age in Grenada stood at 5 years. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school starting age in Grenada peaked at 5 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 5 years, in 1970.
That places Grenada 186th out of 210 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 6 |
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More education data for Grenada
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 110.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 620 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 109.2% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 111.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9846 GPI (2018)
- School enrollment, secondary 100.7% (2024)
- Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.4 per 1,000 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school starting age in Grenada?
- Primary school starting age in Grenada was 5 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary school starting age recorded in Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 5 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest primary school starting age recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 years in 1970.
- How does Grenada rank for primary school starting age?
- Grenada ranks 186th out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school starting age rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Grenada data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.