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Jamaica's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 100.2 % in 1988 to 97.3 % in 2024.
Jamaica · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Jamaica's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 91.6 % in 1999 to 93.6 % in 2022.
Jamaica's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 63.5 % in 1986 to 84.5 % in 2024.
Jamaica's tertiary enrolment rose from 4.9 % in 1971 to 26.2 % in 2015.
Jamaica's children out of school, primary rose from 7,349 in 1981 to 9,419 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +2.6 pts88th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +4.1 pts80th of 111*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −7.5 pts66th of 117*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs131st of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.3 yrs67th of 145
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- Education spendingdown −0.1 pts10th of 40
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.9 pts24th of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +12.2 %58th of 90
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Jamaica.