Primary education, duration in Dominica
Dominica: Primary education, duration was 7 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Primary education, duration in Dominica, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 7 years for primary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary education, duration in Dominica peaked at 7 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1970.
That places Dominica 3rd out of 210 countries 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 | 10 |
| 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 |
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- 3 Zambia 7 years compare
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More education data for Dominica
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (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)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 552 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.48 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, duration in Dominica?
- Primary education, duration in Dominica 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 Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest primary education, duration recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.
- How does Dominica rank for primary education, duration?
- Dominica ranks 3rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary education, duration rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Dominica 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.