Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Dominica

Dominica: Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official was 20.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
20.8%
World rank
39th
of 132 countries
All-time high
23.5%
in 2010
All-time low
7.2%
in 1999
Years of data
5
1999–2019

Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Dominica, 1999–2019

5101520251999200920191999: 7.2 %2001: 7.4 %2010: 23.5 %2015: 22.9 %2019: 20.8 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2019, out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Dominica stood at 20.8%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Dominica peaked at 23.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 1999.

That places Dominica 39th out of 132 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Dominica, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official primary entrance age, male (%) in Dominica, 1999 to 2019.
Year % Change
1999 7.2%
2001 7.4% +2.7%
2010 23.5% +219.4%
2015 22.9% -2.7%
2019 20.8% -9.1%

Dominica compared with similar countries

  • Dominica's 20.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9.0%, 2.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
  • Dominica's 20.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8.2%, 2.5× the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 7.2% 7.2% 7.2% 1
2000s 7.4% 7.4% 7.4% 1
2010s 22.4% 20.8% 23.5% 3

Countries ranked near Dominica

  1. 36 Türkiye 23.3% compare
  2. 37 Montenegro 22.5% compare
  3. 38 Kuwait 21.1% compare
  4. 40 Barbados 19.9% compare
  5. 41 Cape Verde 19.5% compare
  6. 42 Bulgaria 18.6% compare

See the full ranking of 172 places →

More reference data data for Dominica

All data for Dominica →

Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Dominica?
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Dominica was 20.8% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official recorded in Dominica?
The highest recorded value was 23.5% in 2010.
What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official recorded in Dominica?
The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 1999.
How does Dominica rank for out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official?
Dominica ranks 39th out of 132 countries with data for 2019.
Is out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official rising or falling in Dominica?
Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Dominica data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official primary entrance age, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 5 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Dominica. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-rate-for-children-one-year-younger-than-official-primary-entrance-age-male/dominica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-rate-for-children-one-year-younger-than-official-primary-entrance-age-male/dominica/">Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Dominica</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official primary entrance age, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
172 places, 2,324 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Proportion of children in the official age range for one year before primary education who are not enrolled in pre-primary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for one year before primary education enrolled in pre-primary education is subtracted from the total population for one year before primary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for the year before primary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/