9 answers, 3 from Grenada's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
32.0% of Grenada'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 1,436 students sitting, 460 reached that level: 28.1% of boys and 35.2% of girls. The share was also 32.0% in 2020, against 24.0% in 2019 and 20.0% in 2017.
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.
Government spending on education in Grenada was 5.1% of GDP in 2023, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, which publishes the figure in its data browser and on its Grenada country page. The OECS Commission's Regional Education Statistical Digest 2020-2021 (PDF) gives a 2020-21 education budget of EC$169.2 million, 18% of the national budget.
The digest says 20.1% of the education budget went to primary schools and 14.7% to secondary schools, with half classed as other spending. It uses budgeted amounts, while UNESCO's figure is based on spending, so the two can differ.
Grenada's literacy rate was 98.6% in 2014, the same for men and women, according to the Pan American Health Organization's Health in the Americas country profile for Grenada, which draws on interagency indicators. No more recent literacy figure was found on the Central Statistical Office's education page, checked on 15 October 2026.
The office's education page has 2011 census tables on the highest level of education and the highest examination passed by people aged 15 and over. Literacy rates of this kind usually come from household surveys in which people report whether they can read and write, rather than from a test.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
95.9%: that is net primary school enrolment in Grenada for 2018, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. In 2008 the figure was 93.6%. Latin America & Caribbean median: 92.9%; Grenada is 5th highest of 17. World rank, highest first: 16th of 69.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2024, is 100.7%. It is the bottom of the series, which starts in 2005. It is 8th highest of 22 in Latin America & Caribbean, where the median is 91.6%. World rank, highest first: 32nd of 100.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2018, is 100.0%. It was 56.9% in 2009. It is 1st highest of 16 in Latin America & Caribbean, where the median is 46.6%. World rank, highest first: 4th of 127.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts government spending on education in Grenada at 5.1% of GDP in 2023. Since 2010 it has ranged from 3.2% of GDP (2017) to 5.5% of GDP (2011). It is 5th highest of 26 in Latin America & Caribbean, where the median is 3.8% of GDP. World rank, highest first: 26th of 112.
16: that is the number of primary pupils per teacher in Grenada for 2018, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Since 2005 it has ranged from 14 (2014) to 23 (2008). It is 11th highest of 18 in Latin America & Caribbean, where the median is 18. Of 85 countries with 2018 data, 61st highest.
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, the primary completion rate in Grenada was 97.5% in 2024. Since 2005 it has ranged from 95.7% (2021) to 130.1% (2009). Across Latin America & Caribbean the middle value was 93.9%, and Grenada placed 6th highest of 19. Of 104 countries with 2024 data, 42nd highest.
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