St. Lucia - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in St. Lucia was 7.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 7.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 7.00 in 1970.

Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 7.00
1971 7.00
1972 7.00
1973 7.00
1974 7.00
1975 7.00
1976 7.00
1977 7.00
1978 7.00
1979 7.00
1980 7.00
1981 7.00
1982 7.00
1983 7.00
1984 7.00
1985 7.00
1986 7.00
1987 7.00
1988 7.00
1989 7.00
1990 7.00
1991 7.00
1992 7.00
1993 7.00
1994 7.00
1995 7.00
1996 7.00
1997 7.00
1998 7.00
1999 7.00
2000 7.00
2001 7.00
2002 7.00
2003 7.00
2004 7.00
2005 7.00
2006 7.00
2007 7.00
2008 7.00
2009 7.00
2010 7.00
2011 7.00
2012 7.00
2013 7.00
2014 7.00
2015 7.00
2016 7.00
2017 7.00
2018 7.00
2019 7.00
2020 7.00
2021 7.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in St. Lucia was 15,478 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33,148 in 1990 and a minimum value of 15,478 in 2020.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 23,484
1972 25,430
1973 27,256
1974 28,422
1975 29,090
1976 29,859
1977 30,899
1978 31,091
1979 31,441
1980 30,610
1981 29,605
1982 31,199
1983 31,795
1984 32,107
1985 33,032
1986 32,817
1987 32,798
1988 32,809
1989 33,120
1990 33,148
1991 33,006
1992 32,622
1993 32,545
1994 31,928
1995 30,486
1996 31,194
1997 31,615
1998 31,548
1999 25,581
2000 25,347
2001 25,481
2002 24,954
2003 24,573
2004 23,821
2005 23,573
2006 24,046
2007 22,028
2008 20,938
2009 20,187
2010 19,483
2011 18,894
2012 18,172
2013 17,748
2014 17,286
2015 16,822
2016 16,445
2017 16,054
2018 15,874
2019 15,693
2020 15,478

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in St. Lucia was 49.62 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 52.62 in 1972, while its lowest value was 47.77 in 2006.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 51.49
1972 52.62
1973 49.31
1974 49.03
1975 48.43
1976 48.82
1977 48.90
1978 48.98
1979 49.07
1980 49.25
1981 50.93
1982 49.58
1983 49.41
1984 49.17
1985 49.15
1986 48.79
1987 48.56
1988 48.35
1989 47.90
1990 48.44
1991 48.66
1992 48.42
1993 48.44
1997 48.84
1999 48.96
2000 49.31
2001 48.73
2002 48.93
2003 48.35
2004 48.32
2005 48.59
2006 47.77
2007 48.65
2008 49.11
2009 49.03
2010 48.83
2011 49.14
2012 48.83
2013 48.41
2014 48.44
2015 48.68
2016 48.62
2017 49.11
2018 49.62

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in St. Lucia was 1,077.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,216.00 in 2014 and a minimum value of 829.00 in 1973.

Definition: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1972 888.00
1973 829.00
1974 892.00
1975 919.00
1976 953.00
1977 947.00
1978 953.00
1979 999.00
1980 942.00
1981 957.00
1982 1,012.00
1983 985.00
1984 1,084.00
1985 1,107.00
1986 1,084.00
1987 1,103.00
1988 1,066.00
1989 1,082.00
1990 1,137.00
1991 1,127.00
1992 1,181.00
1993 1,204.00
1994 1,174.00
1995 1,142.00
1996 1,180.00
1997 1,214.00
1998 1,175.00
1999 1,168.00
2000 1,091.00
2001 1,052.00
2002 1,091.00
2003 1,103.00
2004 1,050.00
2005 1,073.00
2006 1,022.00
2007 969.00
2008 978.00
2009 1,011.00
2010 1,051.00
2011 1,071.00
2012 1,054.00
2013 1,065.00
2014 1,216.00
2015 1,088.00
2016 1,087.00
2017 1,054.00
2018 1,077.00
2019 1,081.00
2020 1,077.00

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in St. Lucia was 86.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 88.49 in 2014, while its lowest value was 73.88 in 1974.

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1973 74.07
1974 73.88
1975 74.86
1977 77.09
1978 78.49
1979 82.78
1980 80.79
1981 80.25
1982 79.94
1983 77.77
1984 77.58
1985 74.80
1986 79.52
1987 76.43
1988 78.42
1989 78.19
1990 79.77
1991 82.61
1992 81.88
1993 82.89
1994 82.37
1995 82.57
1996 83.47
1997 83.11
1998 81.87
1999 81.16
2000 82.86
2001 82.89
2002 82.86
2003 85.22
2004 86.38
2005 85.93
2006 86.01
2007 87.41
2008 86.09
2009 87.54
2010 86.96
2011 86.93
2012 86.72
2013 87.42
2014 88.49
2015 86.58
2016 86.94
2017 86.43
2018 86.91
2019 85.29
2020 86.35

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes