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Topic 04 of 18 · Country Index 2026

Aruba: Education & Knowledge

How far does a country's schooling carry its children?

Aruba is placed joint 41st of 198 countries on education & knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Out-of-School Rate, Primary 1.755 (2024); Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary 96.09 (2024).

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joint41st

of 198 countries placed

Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics

Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.

01The evidence

The 4 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Aruba on education & knowledge — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys
  1. Key 1 of 4

    Out-of-School Rate, Primary

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

    Why it is a key: Primary-age children who are not in school at all: the floor of an education system.

    Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Aruba’s is from 2014 · CC BY-SA 4.0

    1.755

    Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)

    Lower is better

    Aruba: 1.755. Across the 192 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.004 (United Arab Emirates) to 65.6 (Equatorial Guinea); the world median is 3.691.

    World median
    3.691
    Best in Caribbean
    0.133 Turks and Caicos Islands

    Each grey tick is one of 192 countries at its latest reading, 2014–2024.

  2. Key 2 of 4

    Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

    Why it is a key: Whether children take part in organised learning in the year before primary school — whether an education system reaches them before it starts.

    Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Aruba’s is from 2014 · CC BY-SA 4.0

    96.09

    Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)

    Higher is better

    Aruba: 96.09. Across the 187 countries at their latest reading, values run from 3.411 (Yemen) to 100 (United Arab Emirates); the world median is 85.9.

    World median
    85.9
    Best in Caribbean
    98.36 Turks and Caicos Islands

    Each grey tick is one of 187 countries at its latest reading, 2014–2024.

  3. Key 3 of 4

    Upper Secondary Completion Rate

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

    Why it is a key: How far a schooling system carries the young people who get through primary — the only key here that measures anything past childhood.

    2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0

    No reading

    Upper secondary completion rate (%)

    Higher is better

    UIS publishes no 2025 figure for Aruba, so the standing rests on the other keys.

    Across the 164 countries in this edition, values run from 2.13 (South Sudan) to 99.27 (South Korea); the world median is 64.87.

    World median
    64.87
    Best in Caribbean
    95.71 Barbados

    Each grey tick is one of 164 countries in the 2025 edition.

  4. Key 4 of 4

    Government Spending on Education

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

    Why it is a key: What a state chooses to spend on education, as a share of its economy — the input, where the other two keys measure reach.

    2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0

    No reading

    Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)

    Higher is better

    UIS publishes no 2023 figure for Aruba, so the standing rests on the other keys.

    Across the 123 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Somalia) to 16.39 (Kiribati); the world median is 3.709.

    World median
    3.709
    Best in Caribbean
    7.19 Montserrat

    Each grey tick is one of 123 countries in the 2023 edition.

03In context

Aruba beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on education & knowledge, never a place within the region.

Caribbean
1st198thNot placed · 26 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on education & knowledge

Aruba and Caribbean

Aruba has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. The standing is each country’s place among all 198 placed on the topic; the other columns are the publishers’ own values, read at the edition the standing used.

CountryStandingOut-of-School Rate, PrimaryOut-of-school rate, primary age (%)Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before PrimaryChildren one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)Upper Secondary Completion RateUpper secondary completion rate (%)Government Spending on EducationGovernment expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11th0.5998.04—6.4583
Aruba=41st1.75596.09——
Jamaica43rd4.34194.69925.6545
Turks and Caicos Islands=48th0.13398.36—2.6877
Dominica50th3.95298.03—4.6942
Cuba69th4.68497.0674.13—
Antigua and Barbuda86th1.71194.08—3.1051
Trinidad and Tobago93rd7.16496.6984.853.2336
Montserrat96th6.68672.92—7.1902
Saint Lucia97th7.01291.7394.252.7421
Dominican Republic98th4.92893.4764.683.7606
Barbados107th17.678.1795.713.7754
Grenada110th4.94174.96—5.1254
Puerto Rico118th13.2589.02—4.2690
Sint Maarten=123rd6.781——3.9236
Curaçao128th27.8977.65—5.3007
Cayman Islands130th5.16996.16—1.5702
British Virgin Islands161st26.9782.84—3.1728
Bahamas=176th15.8847.25—2.7419
Haiti181st—76.0218.480.9646
Anguillanot placed—89.69——
Saint Kitts and Nevisnot placed———3.4973
Saint Martinnot placed————
United States Virgin Islandsnot placed————

“—” means the publisher gives no reading for that country in that edition. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed.

04Context, no vote

Where Aruba is ahead of the world, and behind

12 more statistics filed under education & knowledge, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Ahead of the world median6

Statistics on which Aruba does better than the middle country measured.

  • Secondary School EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 93.19124.38▼ Worsened since 2018

    Aruba: 124.38 · world median 93.19 · Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 19.87 to 158.55; higher is better.

    Position 7th of 109 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Youth Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 98.2299.14No earlier reading

    Aruba: 99.14 · world median 98.22 · 15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 36.7 to 100; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Adult Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 93.9996.82No earlier reading

    Aruba: 96.82 · world median 93.99 · Adults 15+ who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 26.83 to 100; higher is better.

    Position 61st of 172 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4947.151▼ Worsened since 2014

    Aruba: 7.151 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.

    Position 32nd of 75 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Upper Secondary AttainmentUIS · 2023 · world median 65.7667.89▲ Improved since 2000

    Aruba: 67.89 · world median 65.76 · Adults 25+ who completed upper secondary or higher (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 5.26 to 97.89; higher is better.

    Position 45th of 95 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Gender Parity Index, Tertiary EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 1.2441.568▼ Worsened since 2014

    Aruba: 1.568 · world median 1.244 · Adjusted gender parity index, tertiary gross enrolment (1 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.74 to 1.83; higher is better.

    Position 91st of 95 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

Behind the world median4

Statistics on which Aruba does worse than the middle country measured.

  • Bachelor's or Higher AttainmentUIS · 2023 · world median 19.8619.6No earlier reading

    Aruba: 19.6 · world median 19.86 · Adults 25+ who completed a bachelor's degree or higher (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 1.135 to 52.72; higher is better.

    Position 46th of 90 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6697.62No earlier reading

    Aruba: 97.62 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • School Life ExpectancyUIS · 2024 · world median 14.5913.52▼ Worsened since 2014

    Aruba: 13.52 · world median 14.59 · School life expectancy, primary to tertiary (years). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 7.478 to 21.01; higher is better.

    Position 53rd of 77 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Tertiary Enrolment RatioUIS · 2024 · world median 52.7714.07▼ Worsened since 2014

    Aruba: 14.07 · world median 52.77 · Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 2.566 to 141.86; higher is better.

    Position 82nd of 95 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

Level with the median, or no median to compare1

  • Primary Schools with ElectricityUIS · 2024 · world median 100100No earlier reading

    Aruba: 100 · world median 100 · Primary schools with access to electricity (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 1.246 to 100; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

No better end1

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

  • Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · 2025 · world median 2,24015Moved since 2022

    Aruba: 15 · world median 2,240 · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting). OpenAlex (OurResearch), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1 to 1,094,890.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

05Country Index 2026

Education & Knowledge among Aruba’s 3 topics

Education & Knowledge is Aruba’s best-placed topic of 3. Strongest first; each marker sits at the position divided by that topic’s field, so fields of different sizes compare fairly.

On the profile
  1. Education & Knowledgejoint 41st of 198
  2. Energy113th of 165
  3. Mobility & Trade134th of 177

No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Health & Wellbeing, Development & Human Capital, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Democracy & Civil Liberties, Peace & Security, Risk & Resilience, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality, Digital & Technology: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.

06The top of the list

Who leads on education & knowledge

The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Aruba can most readily be measured against.

All 198 countries
  1. 1

    United Arab Emirates

    Western Asia

    1st of 198 · 2 of 4 keys

    Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

  2. 2

    Greece

    Southern Europe

    2nd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys

    Photo: User:Ggia derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

  3. 3

    Poland

    Eastern Europe

    3rd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys

    Photo: Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich) · CC BY 3.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

  1. Highest placed on all 4 keys

    Moldova7th4/4 keys
  2. Highest in Americas

    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11th3/4 keys
  3. This page

    Aruba=41st2/4 keys

Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

07Questions

Aruba on education & knowledge: questions answered

Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.

How does Aruba rank on education & knowledge?

Aruba is placed joint 41st of 198 countries on Education & Knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (Out-of-School Rate, Primary and Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.

What is the latest Out-of-School Rate, Primary figure for Aruba?

1.755 in 2024 (out-of-school rate, primary age (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 3.691.

What is the latest Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary figure for Aruba?

96.09 in 2024 (children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 85.9.

How have Aruba’s education & knowledge figures changed?

Out-of-School Rate, Primary fell from 3.291 in 2000 to 1.755 in 2014; Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary fell from 97.09 in 2000 to 96.09 in 2014; Government Spending on Education fell from 4.715 in 2000 to 3.619 in 2021.

Which education & knowledge statistics are missing for Aruba?

No current reading is published for Aruba on Academic Freedom Index, Expected Years of Schooling, Female Share of Researchers, Female Share of STEM Graduates, Government Funding per Primary Student, Government Spending on Education, Harmonized Test Scores, Intergenerational Persistence in Education, Learning Poverty, Learning-Adjusted Years of School, Lower Secondary Completion Rate, Mean Years of Schooling, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Primary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Primary, Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, Out-of-School Rate, Primary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, Primary Completion Rate, Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes, Trust in Scientists, Upper Secondary Completion Rate and Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.

09Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

How much children actually learn is only partly covered. International test scores exist for a limited group of countries, and they are published here as context rather than used as a key, because a key must describe most of the world. Universities, research, and youth and adult literacy also appear as context.

About education & knowledge, in full

How the Education & Knowledge standing is decided, step by step

A standing is a place in a list, not a mark out of anything. This one is part of the Country Index 2026, and it is worked out like this.

  1. A few key indicators decide it; the rest are context. 4 indicators on this topic are keys and 42 are charted alongside them without a vote. That split is the point: if every statistic voted, importing five more of one kind would quietly change what the topic is about.
  2. Each key is read at one edition. ⚠ The keys behind this standing do not all describe the same year — they run from 2023 to 2025, because publishers release on their own schedules. Read the standing as “how this country places now”, not as a snapshot of one year.
  3. Every country’s published value is turned into a place within that one key’s own field, and then expressed as a share of that field — how far down this key’s list the country sits, rather than how many countries are above it. Keys where a higher published number is worse (terrorism, hunger, disaster risk) are turned round first, so the good end is always the same end.
  4. Dividing by the field first is the whole reason this works. A place carries the size of its list inside it: 22nd of 44 and 108th of 215 are the same showing, and averaging the numbers 22 and 108 says loudly that they are not. Fields on this site run from about 44 countries to about 215, so averaging raw places would reward a country for happening to be measured in small ones. Dividing each place by its own field removes the size and leaves only the showing.
  5. The shares are averaged, plainly. One key, one vote — no key is weighted above another, because any weighting would be this site’s opinion presented as a measurement. Countries are then put in order by that average, and the average itself is never published. It is our arithmetic with nothing anchoring it, so printing it would invite it to be read as a measurement somebody made. The position it produces, the band, and the keys it was built from are all published instead — every one of them checkable against the tables on this page.
  6. A country needs 2 of this topic’s 4 keys — half, rounded up, and never fewer than 2. A standing built from one reading, printed beside one built from four, is two different things sharing a column heading. 198 countries clear the bar here.
  7. A key has to earn its vote every edition. It must measure at least 120 countries (below that it starts measuring who was surveyed rather than the world), it must not have more than 10% of its field tied at either end, and it must not repeat another key in the same topic — Spearman correlation above 0.92 counts as repeating. A topic needs at least 2 surviving keys to place anyone at all; this one has 4.
  8. A standing is relative, and the grouping is ours. It says where a country places against the others measured alongside it, so it moves when they move. The publishers listed on this page did not agree to be read together, and each measures its subject its own way: the underlying numbers are theirs, the ordering on top is this site’s — the same method as the rest of the Country Index, applied to one subject instead of all of them.

The key statistics and their licences

The other 12 statistics on this page come from 2 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Aruba’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Aruba: Education & Knowledge — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/aruba/education

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