Lower secondary completion rate, female in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 88.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Saint Lucia, 1983–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 88.8% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Saint Lucia peaked at 110.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 43.7%, in 1983.
That places Saint Lucia 100th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 43.7% | — |
| 1987 | 53.1% | +21.6% |
| 1999 | 83.5% | +57.2% |
| 2000 | 89.3% | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 84.9% | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 87.6% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 79.4% | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 74.5% | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 86.0% | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 93.6% | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 95.9% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 110.8% | +15.6% |
| 2010 | 97.8% | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 97.0% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 91.9% | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 87.6% | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 91.2% | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 93.1% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 95.5% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 90.3% | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 87.0% | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 88.4% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 92.3% | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 90.4% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 88.8% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 48.4% | 43.7% | 53.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 83.5% | 83.5% | 83.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 89.1% | 74.5% | 110.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 92.4% | 87.0% | 97.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 90.0% | 88.4% | 92.3% | 4 |
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More education data for Saint Lucia
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 5,107 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -6.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2,937 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 31.41 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1,992 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 920 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 147 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1,333 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -11.72 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Saint Lucia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Saint Lucia was 88.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 110.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.7% in 1983.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Saint Lucia ranks 100th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. 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 Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.