El Salvador vs Jamaica: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
El Salvador
17.0%
in 2018
Jamaica
17.9%
in 2019
El Salvador rank
35th
Jamaica rank
33rd
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- El Salvador
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 17.9% against 17.0% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.9%.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 35th and Jamaica ranks 33rd of 150 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.7% | 10.5% | 0.3% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 13.3% | 19.3% | 6.1% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, El Salvador or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 17.9% against 17.0% in El Salvador as of 2019.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 0.9%, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2018.
- How do El Salvador and Jamaica rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- El Salvador ranks 35th and Jamaica ranks 33rd of 150 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of adolescents of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in lower secondary school expressed as a percentage of the population of official lower secondary school age.