Primary completion rate, total in Dominica
Dominica: Primary completion rate, total was 91.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Primary completion rate, total in Dominica, 1988–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary completion rate, total in Dominica is 91.1%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Dominica peaked at 120.0% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 90.1%, in 2010.
That places Dominica 116th out of 189 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total in Dominica, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 120.0% | — |
| 1999 | 114.8% | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 112.8% | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 119.9% | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 108.2% | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 104.8% | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 108.4% | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 109.4% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 99.4% | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 100.9% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 96.8% | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 93.0% | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 90.1% | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 94.7% | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 97.7% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 98.0% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 96.0% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 97.7% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 101.6% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 107.6% | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 102.0% | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 93.7% | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 98.4% | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 96.7% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 101.0% | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 93.9% | -7.0% |
| 2025 | 91.1% | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 120.0% | 120.0% | 120.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 114.8% | 114.8% | 114.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 105.4% | 93.0% | 119.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.9% | 90.1% | 107.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.2% | 91.1% | 101.0% | 5 |
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More aid effectiveness data for Dominica
- Net official development assistance received (current US$), annual -11.57 % change on previous year (2023)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP (current US$), annual -65.67 % change on previous year (2022)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP (current US$), per square 30.52 current US$ per square kilometre (2022)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP (current US$), per unit of 0 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP (current US$), per capita 0.3426 current US$ per person (2022)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received -11.57 % change on previous year (2023)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF 10,000 current US$ (1986)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 70,182 current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP 22,893 current US$ (2022)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 0.0798 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Dominica?
- Primary completion rate, total in Dominica was 91.1% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 120.0% in 1988.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.1% in 2010.
- How does Dominica rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Dominica ranks 116th out of 189 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.