Trinidad and Tobago's adult literacy rose from 95.0 % in 1980 to 96.9 % in 1990.
Trinidad and Tobago's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 97.0 % in 1982 to 98.3 % in 2024.
Trinidad and Tobago · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Trinidad and Tobago's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) fell from 99.2 % in 1980 to 92.0 % in 2022.
Trinidad and Tobago's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 41.7 % in 1971 to 95.7 % in 2024.
Trinidad and Tobago's tertiary enrolment rose from 2.3 % in 1971 to 23.8 % in 2024.
Trinidad and Tobago's children out of school, primary fell from 26,659 in 1979 to 9,223 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +2.9 pts93rd of 137
- Tertiary attainmentup +4.3 pts81st of 111*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +10.7 pts59th of 117*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs81st of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.3 yrs43rd of 145
- Learning povertydown −2.3 pts33rd of 46*
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- Education spendingup +0.4 pts75th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +3.4 pts30th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +2.5 %61st of 143*
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