Total net enrolment rate: primary education in Dominica
Dominica: Total net enrolment rate: primary education was 96.05 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate: primary education in Dominica, 1975–2023
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total net enrolment rate: primary education in Dominica is 96.05, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate: primary education in Dominica peaked at 99.26 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 84.66, in 1981.
Dominica ranks 13th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 91.35 | 88.85 | 93.7 | 4 |
| 1980s | 86.52 | 84.66 | 87.89 | 3 |
| 1990s | 97.13 | 97.13 | 97.13 | 1 |
| 2000s | 97 | 91.4 | 99.26 | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.86 | 93.58 | 98.38 | 7 |
| 2020s | 96.21 | 95.9 | 96.65 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 10 Grenada 97.15 compare
- 11 Saint Kitts and Nevis 96.85 compare
- 12 Cuba 96.57 compare
- 14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96.02 compare
- 15 Brazil 96.02 compare
- 16 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 95.84 compare
More education data for Dominica
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 552 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.2% (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.66 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate: primary education in Dominica?
- Total net enrolment rate: primary education in Dominica was 96.05 in 2023, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate: primary education recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 99.26 in 2003.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate: primary education recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.66 in 1981.
- How does Dominica rank for total net enrolment rate: primary education?
- Dominica ranks 13th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total net enrolment rate: primary education rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Total net enrolment rate: primary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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