Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 67.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saint Lucia, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saint Lucia stood at 67.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.8% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saint Lucia peaked at 79.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 43.5%, in 2003.
That places Saint Lucia 90th out of 178 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.9% | 43.5% | 55.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.3% | 49.4% | 79.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.8% | 52.3% | 67.3% | 2 |
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More education data for Saint Lucia
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 96.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,067 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.39 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saint Lucia?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saint Lucia was 67.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 79.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.5% in 2003.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Saint Lucia ranks 90th out of 178 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.