Antigua and Barbuda
Last updated August 4, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Access & Parity is strong, but Innovation lags
Antigua and Barbuda shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (56th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.
- Global percentile
- 56th
- Global rank
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- Regional rank
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Country profile
Antigua and Barbuda shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Its weakest results are in Innovation (20, 1st percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.
Wide gaps between dimensions reveal structural weaknesses that slow coordinated progress.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Girls outperform boys in secondary pathways, adding pressure to address male dropout risks.
Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.
Key insights
Scores range from Access & Parity (94.5) to Innovation (20.3), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Leads regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score