Primary education, duration in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Primary education, duration was 7 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Primary education, duration in Caribbean Small States, 1971–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary education, duration in Caribbean Small States is 7 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary education, duration in Caribbean Small States peaked at 7 years in 1971 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1971.
That places Caribbean Small States 1st out of 46 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
- 1 Guam 8 years compare
- 3 Antigua and Barbuda 7 years compare
- 3 Australia 7 years compare
- 3 Botswana 7 years compare
- 3 British Virgin Islands 7 years compare
- 3 Denmark 7 years compare
- 3 Dominica 7 years compare
- 3 Eswatini 7 years compare
- 3 Grenada 7 years compare
- 3 Iceland 7 years compare
- 3 Lesotho 7 years compare
- 3 Mozambique 7 years compare
- 3 Namibia 7 years compare
- 3 Norway 7 years compare
- 3 South Africa 7 years compare
- 3 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 years compare
- 3 Saint Lucia 7 years compare
- 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 years compare
- 3 Tanzania 7 years compare
- 3 Trinidad and Tobago 7 years compare
- 3 Uganda 7 years compare
- 3 Zambia 7 years compare
- 3 Zimbabwe 7 years compare
More education data for Caribbean Small States
- Population ages 0-14 21.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.9% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 94.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 41,622 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 94.6% (2024)
- Labor force, female 44.2% (2025)
- Labor force, total 1.97 million (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9908 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 85.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, duration in Caribbean Small States?
- Primary education, duration in Caribbean Small States was 7 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary education, duration recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1971.
- What is the lowest primary education, duration recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1971.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for primary education, duration?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 1st out of 46 groups with data for 2025.
- Is primary education, duration rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.