Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained in Dominica
Dominica: Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained was 76.9% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained in Dominica, 1999–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 76.9% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained in 2016. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained in Dominica peaked at 76.9% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 63.6%, in 2005.
Dominica ranks 9th of 76 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained in Dominica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 70.0% | — |
| 2000 | 67.5% | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 71.4% | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 65.9% | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 71.1% | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 68.4% | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 63.6% | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 72.7% | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 67.7% | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 70.3% | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 67.4% | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 69.4% | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 76.0% | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 75.0% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 76.9% | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.0% | 70.0% | 70.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 68.6% | 63.6% | 72.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.3% | 69.4% | 76.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 6 Belarus 82.8%
- 7 Azerbaijan 78.8%
- 8 Mongolia 77.1% compare
- 10 Sri Lanka 76.4%
- 11 San Marino 76.4% compare
- 12 Gibraltar 75.0% compare
More education data for Dominica
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0413 units per person (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 679 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0824 units per person (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2,721 (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.4755 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 676 (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained in Dominica?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained in Dominica was 76.9% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 76.9% in 2016.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.6% in 2005.
- How does Dominica rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained?
- Dominica ranks 9th out of 76 countries with data for 2016.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained according to national standards and who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 15 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release