Which has higher children out of school, female, Dominica or Saint Lucia?

Saint Lucia, at 6.4% against 5.9% in Dominica as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Saint Lucia?

12 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school, female (% of female primary school age). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominica vs Saint Lucia: Children out of school, female

Dominica

5.9%

in 2023

Saint Lucia

6.4%

in 2024

Dominica rank

79th

Saint Lucia rank

76th

Children out of school, female over time

Dominica
Saint Lucia

How they compare

Saint Lucia currently reports 6.4% against 5.9% in Dominica, a difference of 0.5%.

That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 1.1 times Dominica's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Dominica ahead.

Dominica ranks 79th and Saint Lucia ranks 76th of 177 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Dominica averaged higher in 3 and Saint Lucia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominica	Saint Lucia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	12.6%	1.8%	10.8%	Dominica
2000s	6.8%	5.6%	1.3%	Dominica
2010s	5.6%	6.2%	0.5%	Saint Lucia
2020s	6.3%	2.2%	4.0%	Dominica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children out of school, female, Dominica or Saint Lucia?: Saint Lucia, at 6.4% against 5.9% in Dominica as of 2024.
What is the difference in children out of school, female between Dominica and Saint Lucia?: 0.5%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Saint Lucia?: 12 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2023.
How do Dominica and Saint Lucia rank globally for children out of school, female?: Dominica ranks 79th and Saint Lucia ranks 76th of 177 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school, female (% of female primary school age). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Dominica vs Saint Lucia: Children out of school, female. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 19 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/children-out-of-school-female-percent-of-female-primary-school-age/dominica/st-lucia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/children-out-of-school-female-percent-of-female-primary-school-age/dominica/st-lucia/">Dominica vs Saint Lucia: Children out of school, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Children out of school, female (% of female primary school age)
Unit: % of female primary school age
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 182 places, 3,665 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school.