Share of the population with at least some formal education in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Share of the population with at least some formal education was 99.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Share of the population with at least some formal education in Trinidad and Tobago, 1870–2020
Source: Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of the population with at least some formal education in Trinidad and Tobago is 99.4%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population with at least some formal education in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 99.4% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 1870.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 18th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 11.1% | 10.1% | 12.0% | 2 |
| 1880s | 15.5% | 13.8% | 17.2% | 2 |
| 1890s | 23.1% | 20.8% | 25.3% | 2 |
| 1900s | 35.6% | 32.4% | 38.8% | 2 |
| 1910s | 50.8% | 46.3% | 55.2% | 2 |
| 1920s | 63.0% | 61.1% | 65.0% | 2 |
| 1930s | 70.8% | 68.0% | 73.5% | 2 |
| 1940s | 79.9% | 78.0% | 81.8% | 2 |
| 1950s | 85.3% | 84.3% | 86.4% | 2 |
| 1960s | 90.0% | 89.0% | 91.1% | 2 |
| 1970s | 95.1% | 93.2% | 96.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 98.6% | 98.1% | 99.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 98.1% | 97.8% | 98.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 98.8% | 98.7% | 99.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 2 |
| 2020s | 99.4% | 99.4% | 99.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
More education data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7,693 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.54 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population with at least some formal education in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Share of the population with at least some formal education in Trinidad and Tobago was 99.4% in 2020, according to Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population with at least some formal education recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2010.
- What is the lowest share of the population with at least some formal education recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 1870.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for share of the population with at least some formal education?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 18th out of 111 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of the population with at least some formal education rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago data come from?
- The figures come from Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population with at least some formal education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Based on the population aged 15 years and older.