Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Caribbean
MDG: Caribbean: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 30.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Caribbean, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Caribbean recorded 30.9% for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in 2024.
The figure is down 13.2% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 36.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 17.8%, in 1998.
That places MDG: Caribbean 9th out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 17.8% | — |
| 1999 | 21.5% | +20.6% |
| 2000 | 22.9% | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 26.0% | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 23.7% | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 23.6% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 22.6% | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 21.2% | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 22.3% | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 23.1% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 23.1% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 19.1% | -17.3% |
| 2013 | 29.7% | +55.3% |
| 2014 | 29.3% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 36.0% | +22.9% |
| 2016 | 35.9% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 34.8% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 35.7% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 35.1% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 35.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 35.3% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 35.6% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 30.9% | -13.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +55.3% | 19.1% | 29.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.7% | 17.8% | 21.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 23.2% | 21.2% | 26.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 30.2% | 19.1% | 36.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.2% | 30.9% | 35.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Caribbean
- 6 Solomon Islands 49.0% compare
- 7 Papua New Guinea 39.2% compare
- 8 Central African Republic 36.5% compare
- 9 Equatorial Guinea 36.0% compare
- 10 Malawi 34.2% compare
- 11 Uganda 32.9% compare
- 12 Mauritania 31.4% compare
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -5.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.6728 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.4594 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.15 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,098 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 727,761 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Caribbean?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Caribbean was 30.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 36.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.8% in 1998.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 9th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in MDG: Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release