Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower was 11.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Caribbean Small States, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Caribbean Small States stood at 11.2%.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Caribbean Small States peaked at 11.6% in 1976 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 1987.
Caribbean Small States ranks 14th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.1% | — |
| 1971 | 7.8% | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 7.1% | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 7.3% | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 6.7% | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 8.5% | +26.2% |
| 1976 | 11.6% | +36.7% |
| 1977 | 8.8% | -24.1% |
| 1978 | 8.4% | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 8.4% | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 9.4% | +11.0% |
| 1981 | 9.6% | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 7.7% | -19.5% |
| 1983 | 8.3% | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 8.5% | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 8.2% | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 8.8% | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 6.1% | -31.2% |
| 1988 | 6.7% | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 6.6% | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 7.9% | +18.7% |
| 1991 | 8.8% | +12.1% |
| 1992 | 8.8% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 9.0% | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 9.2% | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 9.1% | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 9.2% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 9.4% | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 9.0% | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 8.4% | -6.6% |
| 2000 | 8.2% | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 8.7% | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 10.0% | +15.0% |
| 2003 | 9.9% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 7.8% | -21.0% |
| 2005 | 8.2% | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 8.5% | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 8.9% | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 8.8% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 9.4% | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 9.5% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 9.3% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 10.8% | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 10.7% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 10.8% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 10.6% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 11.0% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 11.2% | +1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Caribbean Small States changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +36.7% | 8.5% | 11.6% |
| 1987 | -31.2% | 8.8% | 6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.3% | 6.7% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.0% | 6.1% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.9% | 7.9% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.8% | 7.8% | 10.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.5% | 9.3% | 11.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
More reference data data for Caribbean Small States
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.01 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 59,245 number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 56,742 number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 115,987 number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.94 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.08 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.7% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 1.9 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.43 GPIA (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, male 5,246 number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Caribbean Small States?
- Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Caribbean Small States was 11.2% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 1976.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 1987.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 14th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of children and adolescents in the official age range for primary and lower secondary education who are not enrolled in primary or lower secondary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for primary and lower secondary education enrolled in primary or lower secondary education is subtracted from the total population of primary and lower secondary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for primary and lower secondary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/