8 answers, 2 from Saint Kitts and Nevis's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
In 2019, 481 of the 563 St Kitts and Nevis students who sat CSEC English A, about 85%, achieved grades I to III, and 216 of 442 who sat mathematics, about 49%, did so, according to the Department of Statistics' CSEC performance table for 2015 to 2019. The shares are worked out from the counts in the table.
The OECS Commission's Regional Education Statistical Digest 2020-2021 (PDF) says 20.6% of the 809 students sitting in 2021 passed five or more subjects including English and mathematics, down from 29.5% in 2020. Grades I to III count as passes at CSEC, the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate taken at the end of secondary school.
Government spending on education in St Kitts and Nevis was 3.5% of GDP in 2023, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, which publishes the figure in its data browser and on its St Kitts and Nevis country page. The OECS Commission's Regional Education Statistical Digest 2020-2021 (PDF) gives a 2020-21 education budget of EC$104.3 million, 13% of the national budget.
The digest says 44.1% of that budget went to secondary schools, 16.9% to primary schools and 7.1% to early childhood. It uses budgeted amounts from the national budget, while UNESCO's figure is based on government spending, so the two measures differ. School enrolment tables are on the Department of Statistics' education page.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
In 2016, net primary school enrolment in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 93.8%, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. The peak was 97.3% in 2005 and the low 93.8% in 2008. It is 13th highest of 25 in Latin America & Caribbean, where the median is 93.8%. Of 133 countries with 2016 data, 72nd highest.
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, gross secondary school enrolment in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 137.5% in 2023. That is the highest since at least 2005. Latin America & Caribbean median: 92.9%; Saint Kitts and Nevis is 1st highest of 28. Worldwide: 4th of 138.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2015, is 93.9%. Latin America & Caribbean median: 47.6%; Saint Kitts and Nevis is 2nd highest of 21. Of 138 countries with 2015 data, 5th highest.
3.5% of GDP: that is government spending on education in Saint Kitts and Nevis for 2023, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Its high point since 2005 was 2007, at 4.2% of GDP; its low point was 2012, at 2.5% of GDP. Latin America & Caribbean median: 3.8% of GDP; Saint Kitts and Nevis is 15th highest of 26. World rank, highest first: 62nd of 112.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts the number of primary pupils per teacher in Saint Kitts and Nevis at 14 in 2016. The peak was 18 in 2005 and the low 13 in 2011. Latin America & Caribbean median: 18; Saint Kitts and Nevis is 19th highest of 25. Of 136 countries with 2016 data, 95th highest.
124.3%: that is the primary completion rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis for 2023, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Its high point since 2005 was 2021, at 155.3%; its low point was 2008, at 96.9%. Latin America & Caribbean median: 96.2%; Saint Kitts and Nevis is 1st highest of 23. World rank, highest first: 1st of 131.
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