Progression to secondary school, female in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Progression to secondary school, female was 99.1% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school, female in Saint Lucia, 1982–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 99.1% for progression to secondary school, female in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school, female in Saint Lucia peaked at 100.0% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 35.4%, in 1982.
Saint Lucia ranks 48th of 156 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Progression to secondary school, female in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 35.4% | — |
| 2001 | 77.6% | +119.2% |
| 2002 | 77.7% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 79.2% | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 79.9% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 100.0% | +25.2% |
| 2008 | 98.8% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 97.8% | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 99.4% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 97.0% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 94.5% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 97.5% | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 98.0% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 99.1% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 35.4% | 35.4% | 35.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 87.3% | 77.6% | 100.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 97.6% | 94.5% | 99.4% | 6 |
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More education data for Saint Lucia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,067 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 72.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.78 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school, female in Saint Lucia?
- Progression to secondary school, female in Saint Lucia was 99.1% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school, female recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2007.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school, female recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.4% in 1982.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for progression to secondary school, female?
- Saint Lucia ranks 48th out of 156 countries with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school, female rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Progression to secondary school, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).