Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Saint Lucia

Share of children out of school in Saint Lucia in 2024 — 7.01%. Ranked 80 in the world out of 120. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 1.05 pp.

2024 7.01% +4.95 pp vs 2023
World rank 80of 120
Period maximum 9.85%1990
Period minimum 0%1985

Trend over time

1981–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Saint Lucia, 1981–202402.557.51019811986199119962001200620112016202120241981: 5.96%1982: 5.69%1983: 0.62%1984: 1.01%1985: 0%1986: 0.89%1990: 9.85%2000: 8.64%2001: 6.98%2002: 0.33%2003: 1.05%2004: 5.4%2005: 8.11%2006: 6.58%2007: 6.8%2008: 6.16%2009: 4.62%2010: 5.78%2011: 6.82%2012: 7.34%2013: 6.69%2014: 8.08%2015: 6.74%2016: 8.11%2017: 7.72%2018: 6.98%2019: 6%2020: 5.79%2021: 4.35%2022: 2.12%2023: 2.06%2024: 7.01%
Change over the period: +1.05 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia 7.01%
Share of children out of school — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 7.01 +4.95 pp
2023 2.06 −0.05 pp
2022 2.12 −2.24 pp
2021 4.35 −1.44 pp
2020 5.79 −0.21 pp
2019 6 −0.98 pp
2018 6.98 −0.74 pp
2017 7.72 −0.38 pp
2016 8.11 +1.37 pp
2015 6.74 −1.34 pp
2014 8.08 +1.39 pp
2013 6.69 −0.65 pp
2012 7.34 +0.52 pp
2011 6.82 +1.04 pp
2010 5.78 +1.16 pp
2009 4.62 −1.55 pp
2008 6.16 −0.63 pp
2007 6.8 +0.22 pp
2006 6.58 −1.53 pp
2005 8.11 +2.71 pp
2004 5.4 +4.35 pp
2003 1.05 +0.72 pp
2002 0.33 −6.65 pp
2001 6.98 −1.66 pp
2000 8.64 —
1990 9.85 —
1986 0.89 +0.89 pp
1985 0 −1.01 pp
1984 1.01 +0.38 pp
1983 0.62 −5.07 pp
1982 5.69 −0.27 pp
1981 5.96 —

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.