Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education was 7 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Trinidad and Tobago, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Trinidad and Tobago recorded 7 for number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 7 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6, in 1998.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 164th out of 205 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 | — |
| 1999 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7 | +0.0% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 7 is below the median for high income countries, which is 10, 70% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 7 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 11, 64% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.6 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
More reference data data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0696 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0589 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0005 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2333 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0945 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3189 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7976 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0027 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Trinidad and Tobago was 7 in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 2014.
- What is the lowest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 1998.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 164th out of 205 countries with data for 2019.
- Is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education. Most countries have legislation specifying the ages and the level of education (typically pre-primary or primary education) at which children should start school. Such legislation usually also specifies either the number of years of education that are guaranteed or the age at which young people may leave education or, in some cases, both. The number of years of primary and secondary education to which children are legally entitled should ideally be the number of grades of primary and secondary education which young people are expected to have completed before being legally eligible to leave school. Years of pre-primary education covered by the legal entitlement should be excluded from this indicator. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/