Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Dominica

Share of children out of school in Dominica in 2023 — 3.95%. Ranked 79 in the world out of 146. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 4.07 pp.

2023 3.95% +0.6 pp vs 2022
World rank 79of 146
Period maximum 15.35%1981
Period minimum 0.74%2003

Trend over time

1975–2023 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Dominica, 1975–202305101520197519801985199019952000200520102015202020231975: 8.02%1976: 9.13%1977: 6.3%1979: 11.15%1980: 12.98%1981: 15.35%1982: 12.11%2000: 3.05%2001: 1.05%2003: 0.74%2004: 1.17%2005: 0.92%2006: 2.01%2007: 7.74%2008: 8.6%2009: 2.91%2011: 1.62%2012: 1.87%2013: 3.4%2014: 2.86%2015: 1.8%2016: 4.01%2019: 6.42%2020: 3.77%2021: 4.1%2022: 3.35%2023: 3.95%
Change over the period: −4.07 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Dominica 3.95%
World computed 8.88%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 3.69%
Share of children out of school — Dominica, by year Dominica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 3.95 +0.6 pp
2022 3.35 −0.74 pp
2021 4.1 +0.32 pp
2020 3.77 −2.64 pp
2019 6.42
2016 4.01 +2.21 pp
2015 1.8 −1.06 pp
2014 2.86 −0.53 pp
2013 3.4 +1.53 pp
2012 1.87 +0.24 pp
2011 1.62
2009 2.91 −5.69 pp
2008 8.6 +0.86 pp
2007 7.74 +5.73 pp
2006 2.01 +1.1 pp
2005 0.92 −0.26 pp
2004 1.17 +0.43 pp
2003 0.74
2001 1.05 −2 pp
2000 3.05
1982 12.11 −3.24 pp
1981 15.35 +2.36 pp
1980 12.98 +1.83 pp
1979 11.15
1977 6.3 −2.83 pp
1976 9.13 +1.11 pp
1975 8.02

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.