School enrollment, primary, female in Dominica
Dominica: School enrollment, primary, female was 88.1% in 2009. ▼ Falling
School enrollment, primary, female in Dominica, 1976–2009
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 88.1% for school enrollment, primary, female in 2009.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, female in Dominica peaked at 95.7% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 82.9%, in 2006.
That places Dominica 107th out of 167 countries with data for 2009, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 92.7% | 90.2% | 94.5% | 3 |
| 1980s | 88.1% | 87.1% | 89.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 87.2% | 82.9% | 95.7% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
More education data for Dominica
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (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 school enrollment, primary, female in Dominica?
- School enrollment, primary, female in Dominica was 88.1% in 2009, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 2002.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.9% in 2006.
- How does Dominica rank for school enrollment, primary, female?
- Dominica ranks 107th out of 167 countries with data for 2009.
- Is school enrollment, primary, female rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, primary, female (% net). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.