Primary school completion rate in Trinidad and Tobago

The primary completion rate in Trinidad and Tobago was 91.6% in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2004.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1982 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Trinidad and Tobago, 2023 91.6% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2010 +2.9percentage points 2010: 88.7%
World, 2023 87.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 93rd of 137 See the full ranking

Primary school completion rate in Trinidad and Tobago over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period Trinidad and TobagoWorld
2024 – 88.0%
2023 91.6% 87.3%
2022 – 91.1%
2021 – 88.7%
2020 – 88.0%
2019 – 87.9%
2018 – 88.1%
2017 – 88.2%
2016 – 88.5%
2015 – 87.9%
2014 – 88.1%
2013 – 88.3%
2012 – 88.1%
2011 – 87.8%
2010 88.7% 88.5%
2009 90.0% 89.0%
2008 88.3% 88.2%
2007 90.8% 86.5%
2006 – 85.3%
2005 88.0% 85.0%
2004 92.1% 84.2%
2003 88.3% 83.5%
2002 – 83.3%
2001 85.8% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 88.7% in 2010, a change of +2.9 percentage points.
  • Since 1999, when it was 98.4%, the figure has changed by −6.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 137 countries with data for 2023, Trinidad and Tobago has the 93rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 87.3%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1982 to 2023 for Trinidad and Tobago
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics