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Secondary school enrollment — Jamaica

Secondary school enrollment in Jamaica in 2024 — 84.5%. Ranked 82 in the world out of 109. Since 1973, the indicator has risen by 32.4 pp.

2024 84.5% −1 pp vs 2023
World rank 82of 109
Period maximum 91.5%2011
Period minimum 48%1974

Trend over time

1973–2024 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Jamaica, 1973–202440608010019731979198519911997200320092015202120241973: 52%1974: 48%1975: 57.7%1976: 61.8%1977: 63.1%1979: 65.6%1980: 69.5%1981: 67.2%1982: 64.3%1983: 65.4%1984: 63.9%1985: 65.3%1986: 63.5%1987: 63.3%1988: 66.6%1989: 65.2%1991: 69%1993: 64.5%1999: 81%2000: 80%2001: 79.9%2002: 80.5%2003: 80.9%2004: 85.7%2005: 84.7%2007: 86.4%2008: 88.1%2009: 90.2%2010: 89.5%2011: 91.5%2013: 85.4%2014: 86.4%2015: 85.4%2016: 87.9%2017: 84.2%2018: 83.8%2019: 85.8%2020: 81.5%2021: 85.8%2022: 82.9%2023: 85.4%2024: 84.5%
Change over the period: +32.4 pp Annual average: 0.64 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jamaica

Jamaica 84.5%
World 77.3%
Latin America & Caribbean 98%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 98.4%
Secondary school enrollment — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 84.5 −1 pp
2023 85.4 +2.6 pp
2022 82.9 −3 pp
2021 85.8 +4.3 pp
2020 81.5 −4.2 pp
2019 85.8 +2 pp
2018 83.8 −0.5 pp
2017 84.2 −3.7 pp
2016 87.9 +2.6 pp
2015 85.4 −1 pp
2014 86.4 +1 pp
2013 85.4 —
2011 91.5 +2 pp
2010 89.5 −0.7 pp
2009 90.2 +2.1 pp
2008 88.1 +1.6 pp
2007 86.4 —
2005 84.7 −1 pp
2004 85.7 +4.8 pp
2003 80.9 +0.4 pp
2002 80.5 +0.6 pp
2001 79.9 −0.1 pp
2000 80 −0.9 pp
1999 81 —
1993 64.5 —
1991 69 —
1989 65.2 −1.4 pp
1988 66.6 +3.3 pp
1987 63.3 −0.2 pp
1986 63.5 −1.8 pp
1985 65.3 +1.4 pp
1984 63.9 −1.5 pp
1983 65.4 +1.1 pp
1982 64.3 −2.9 pp
1981 67.2 −2.2 pp
1980 69.5 +3.9 pp
1979 65.6 —
1977 63.1 +1.4 pp
1976 61.8 +4.1 pp
1975 57.7 +9.6 pp
1974 48 −4 pp
1973 52 —

Caribbean, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 124.9 AW Aruba 124.4 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 119.7 BB Barbados 104.4 GD Grenada 100.7 TT Trinidad and Tobago 95.7 CU Cuba 91.7 CW Curaçao 89.9 LC Saint Lucia 87.9 KY Cayman Islands 84.8 JM Jamaica 84.5 PR Puerto Rico 81.5 BS Bahamas 79.5 DO Dominican Republic 76.4 VG British Virgin Islands 75.6
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About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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