Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 3.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
3.6%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
125th
of 206 countries
All-time high
9.4%
in 2000
All-time low
3.0%
in 2015
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Cayman Islands, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cayman Islands recorded 3.6% for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in 2025.
That represents a change of up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Cayman Islands peaked at 9.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2015.
That places Cayman Islands 125th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Cayman Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.4% | — |
| 2001 | 8.7% | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 7.4% | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 5.7% | -23.0% |
| 2004 | 4.2% | -26.3% |
| 2005 | 3.4% | -19.0% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 4.3% | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4.1% | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | -17.1% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 3.1% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 3.5% | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 3.2% | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 3.4% | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 3.6% | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
Cayman Islands compared with similar countries
- Cayman Islands's 3.6% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.4%, 2.7× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Cayman Islands's 3.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5.9%, 61% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.4% | 3.1% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 3.0% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cayman Islands
More education data for Cayman Islands
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- 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)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2,143 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -6.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.0288 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Cayman Islands?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Cayman Islands was 3.6% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 9.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2015.
- How does Cayman Islands rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Cayman Islands ranks 125th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age rising or falling in Cayman Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cayman Islands data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release