Secondary education, duration in St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Kitts and Nevis: Secondary education, duration was 5 years in 2025. βΌ Falling
Secondary education, duration in St. Kitts and Nevis, 1970β2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for secondary education, duration in St. Kitts and Nevis is 5 years, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, duration in St. Kitts and Nevis peaked at 6 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 5 years, in 1998.
That places St. Kitts and Nevis 183rd out of 209 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.8 years | 5 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 6 |
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More education data for St. Kitts and Nevis
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 408 (2023)
- 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 69.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 121.1% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0087 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, duration in St. Kitts and Nevis?
- Secondary education, duration in St. Kitts and Nevis was 5 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, duration recorded in St. Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 6 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest secondary education, duration recorded in St. Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 years in 1998.
- How does St. Kitts and Nevis rank for secondary education, duration?
- St. Kitts and Nevis ranks 183rd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is secondary education, duration rising or falling in St. Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this St. Kitts and Nevis data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Secondary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in secondary school.