Jamaica vs Upper middle income: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
Jamaica
17.9%
in 2019
Upper middle income
8.0%
in 2019
Jamaica rank
33rd
Upper middle income rank
31st
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- Jamaica
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 17.9% against 8.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 9.9%.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 2.2 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 14 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Jamaica ranks 33rd and Upper middle income ranks 31st of 150 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 1 and Upper middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.9% | 16.6% | 9.6% | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 9.7% | 13.1% | 3.4% | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 19.1% | 7.8% | 11.4% | 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, Jamaica or Upper middle income?
- Jamaica, at 17.9% against 8.0% in Upper middle income as of 2019.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between Jamaica and Upper middle income?
- 9.9%, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Upper middle income?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
- How do Jamaica and Upper middle income rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Jamaica ranks 33rd and Upper middle income ranks 31st 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.