Jamaica vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male

Jamaica
18.7%
in 2019
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
6.7%
in 2019
Jamaica rank
33rd
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
33rd

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male over time

  • Jamaica
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 18.7% against 6.7% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 12.0%.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 2.8 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Jamaica ranks 33rd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 33rd of 134 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 2 and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jamaica Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 7.3% 10.1% 2.8% Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 10.6% 9.0% 1.6% Jamaica
2010s 21.4% 6.7% 14.7% 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, male, Jamaica or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Jamaica, at 18.7% against 6.7% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male between Jamaica and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
12.0%, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
14 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do Jamaica and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male?
Jamaica ranks 33rd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 33rd of 134 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 2,994 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of males of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in lower secondary school expressed as a percentage of the male population of official lower secondary school age.