Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 13.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Caribbean Small States, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Caribbean Small States recorded 13.6% for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in 2019.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Caribbean Small States peaked at 15.6% in 1976 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 1987.
That places Caribbean Small States 22nd out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 10.7% | — |
| 1972 | 9.8% | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 10.4% | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 10.3% | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 10.3% | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 15.6% | +52.1% |
| 1977 | 11.7% | -25.3% |
| 1978 | 10.4% | -11.0% |
| 1979 | 10.4% | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 10.3% | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 11.6% | +12.4% |
| 1982 | 10.0% | -13.7% |
| 1983 | 11.3% | +12.9% |
| 1984 | 11.2% | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 10.5% | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 11.4% | +8.5% |
| 1987 | 8.7% | -23.6% |
| 1988 | 9.1% | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 11.2% | +23.3% |
| 1990 | 11.2% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 11.4% | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 11.3% | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 11.0% | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 12.0% | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 12.3% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 12.5% | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 12.7% | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 12.7% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 11.7% | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 12.4% | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 13.3% | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12.6% | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 10.1% | -19.9% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 10.7% | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 11.3% | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 11.9% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 11.9% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 11.4% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 11.6% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 13.7% | +17.9% |
| 2014 | 12.6% | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 13.6% | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 14.2% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 14.6% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 13.5% | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 13.6% | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Caribbean Small States changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +52.1% | 10.3% | 15.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.1% | 9.8% | 15.6% | 9 |
| 1980s | 10.6% | 8.7% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.9% | 11.0% | 12.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.7% | 10.1% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.1% | 11.4% | 14.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
More education data for Caribbean Small States
- Population ages 15-64 67.9% (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 516,603 (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 21.6% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 623,110 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1373 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 41,622 (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.5083 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Caribbean Small States?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Caribbean Small States was 13.6% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 15.6% in 1976.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 1987.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 22nd out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of adolescents of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in lower secondary school expressed as a percentage of the population of official lower secondary school age.