Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 63.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Trinidad and Tobago, 1980–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Trinidad and Tobago recorded 63.4% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2022. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 20.4% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 63.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 1980.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 64th out of 142 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6.9% | — |
| 2008 | 57.0% | +726.4% |
| 2009 | 56.7% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 51.2% | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 52.7% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 53.6% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 54.2% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 56.3% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 56.7% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 52.3% | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 52.7% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 63.4% | +20.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.9% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 56.9% | 56.7% | 57.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 53.8% | 51.2% | 56.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 58.0% | 52.7% | 63.4% | 2 |
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More education data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 36.01 % change on previous year (2004)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 6,334 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,360 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 13,691 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 23.47 % change on previous year (2004)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8,693 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 55.67 % change on previous year (2004)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Trinidad and Tobago was 63.4% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 63.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 1980.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 64th out of 142 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release