Jamaica vs Jordan: Share of the population with tertiary education
Jamaica
18.4%
in 2020
Jordan
19.1%
in 2020
Jamaica rank
45th
Jordan rank
43rd
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Jamaica
- Jordan
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 19.1% against 18.4% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Jordan ahead.
Jamaica ranks 45th and Jordan ranks 43rd of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 1 and Jordan in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Jordan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Jordan |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Jordan |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Jordan |
| 1940s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Jordan |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.3% | Jordan |
| 1960s | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | Jordan |
| 1970s | 1.4% | 3.4% | 2.0% | Jordan |
| 1980s | 2.5% | 8.1% | 5.6% | Jordan |
| 1990s | 5.8% | 12.4% | 6.7% | Jordan |
| 2000s | 14.4% | 13.6% | 0.8% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 16.6% | 16.6% | 0.1% | Jordan |
| 2020s | 18.4% | 19.1% | 0.7% | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Jamaica or Jordan?
- Jordan, at 19.1% against 18.4% in Jamaica as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Jamaica and Jordan?
- 0.7%, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Jordan?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Jamaica and Jordan rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Jamaica ranks 45th and Jordan ranks 43rd of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.