St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Last updated August 4, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Human Capital is a strength, but Innovation lags
St. Vincent and the Grenadines shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (54th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.
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- 54th
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Country profile
St. Vincent and the Grenadines shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Its weakest results are in Innovation (34, 27th percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.
Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned.
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 Human Capital (81.1) to Innovation (33.9), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Leads regional peers most clearly in Human Capital.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score