Cayman Islands's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) was 36.7% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.37 percentage points from 37.07% in 2019.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 36.7% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 37.07% | 2019 |
| Highest | 38.85% | 2022 |
| Lowest | 25% | 2005 |
| Average since 2018 | 37.08% | 2018–2024 |
| First recorded | 25.1% | 1999 |
Over five years it is down 0.37 percentage points from 37.07% in 2019. Since 1999 it is up 11.6 percentage points from 25.1% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 8 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2024, Cayman Islands' school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) fell 1.11 percentage points on 2023 (from 37.81% to 36.7%).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2023), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.98 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.63 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.06 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Cayman Islands had the 13th highest value of the 73 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Cayman Islands in the 2024 ranking
- Pakistan — 10th of 73: 46.84%
- Burkina Faso — 11th of 73: 41.21%
- Chad — 12th of 73: 39.32%
- Monaco — 14th of 73: 35.2%
- Bahamas, The — 15th of 73: 31.44%
- Spain — 16th of 73: 31.33%
What this measures
Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.
Limitations: Religious or private schools, which are not registered with the government or don't follow the common national curriculum, may not be captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 18 values
| Year | School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.7 |
| 2023 | 37.81 |
| 2022 | 38.85 |
| 2021 | 37.68 |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | 37.07 |
| 2018 | 34.38 |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 |
School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 25.87% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 31.44% (2024)
- Barbados — 7.95% (2024)
- Belize — 66.39% (2024)
- Bolivia — 11.55% (2024)
- Brazil — 15.78% (2024)
- British Virgin Islands — 18.78% (2023)
- Chile — 63.23% (2024)
- Colombia — 20.84% (2022)
More education data for Cayman Islands
- Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 4,334 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 95.74% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.73% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 94.74% (2024)
- Compulsory education, duration (years) — 12 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Cayman Islands's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)?
- 36.7% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is up 11.6 percentage points from 25.1% in 1999. The highest value was 38.85% in 2022 and the lowest 25% in 2005.
- How does Cayman Islands rank?
- 13th highest of 73 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) unusual for Cayman Islands?
- In 2024, Cayman Islands' school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) fell 1.11 percentage points on 2023 (from 37.81% to 36.7%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2023), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.98 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.PRIV.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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