7 answers, 2 from Dominica's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
38.7% of Dominica's students sitting CSEC exams in 2021 passed at least five subjects including English and mathematics, according to the OECS Commission's Regional Education Statistical Digest 2020-2021 (PDF). Of 826 students sitting, 320 reached that level: 37.1% of boys and 40.1% of girls. The share was 43.6% in 2020 and 48.0% in 2018.
CSEC is the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate, taken at the end of secondary school, and five passes including English and mathematics is a common entry requirement for further study. The digest is the latest edition on the OECS digest page that can be downloaded. The Central Statistics Office's education page has older CXC pass rates from 1996 to 2014.
Government spending on education in Dominica was 5.4% of GDP in 2024, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, which publishes the figure in its data browser and on its Dominica country page. The OECS Commission's Regional Education Statistical Digest 2020-2021 (PDF) gives a 2020-21 education budget of EC$82.1 million, or 7.94% of the national budget.
The digest says 36.2% of that budget went to primary schools, 31.6% to secondary schools and 20.6% to tertiary education, and it puts budgeted spending at EC$8,221 per primary pupil and EC$8,395 per secondary student. The digest uses budgeted amounts, while UNESCO's figure is based on spending, so the two can differ.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
In 2016, net primary school enrolment in Dominica was 95.4%, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. The peak was 95.6% in 2011 and the low 81.9% in 2006. It is 8th highest of 25 in Latin America & Caribbean, where the median is 93.8%. Worldwide: 53rd of 133.
102.6%: that is gross secondary school enrolment in Dominica for 2023, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Its high point since 2005 was 2005, at 114.3%; its low point was 2014, at 93.4%. Latin America & Caribbean median: 92.9%; Dominica is 9th highest of 28. Of 138 countries with 2023 data, 40th highest.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2024, is 5.4% of GDP. Its high point since 2012 was 2022, at 6.0% of GDP; its low point was 2015, at 3.1% of GDP. It is 3rd highest of 11 in Latin America & Caribbean, where the median is 3.8% of GDP. Of 36 countries with 2024 data, 12th highest.
In 2016, the number of primary pupils per teacher in Dominica was 13, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is the lowest since at least 2005. It is 22nd highest of 25 in Latin America & Caribbean, where the median is 18. Worldwide: 103rd of 136.
In 2025, the primary completion rate in Dominica was 91.1%, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Its high point since 2005 was 2005, at 109.4%; its low point was 2010, at 90.1%.
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