School enrollment, primary, female in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: School enrollment, primary, female was 87.8% in 2018. ▼ Falling
School enrollment, primary, female in Caribbean Small States, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
Caribbean Small States recorded 87.8% for school enrollment, primary, female in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, female in Caribbean Small States peaked at 96.7% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 87.8%, in 2018.
Caribbean Small States ranks 22nd of 41 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 93.9% | 92.0% | 95.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 94.8% | 92.9% | 96.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 92.7% | 91.5% | 95.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 91.5% | 90.9% | 92.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 89.0% | 87.8% | 90.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
More education data for Caribbean Small States
- Population ages 15-64 67.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 41,622 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 94.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 41,622 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0092 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 94.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4328 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary, female in Caribbean Small States?
- School enrollment, primary, female in Caribbean Small States was 87.8% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 1989.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.8% in 2018.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for school enrollment, primary, female?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 22nd out of 41 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school enrollment, primary, female rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, primary, female (% net). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.