Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Jamaica
Jamaica: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary was 24.8% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Jamaica, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Jamaica stood at 24.8%.
That represents a change of down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Jamaica peaked at 34.6% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 17.9%, in 1960.
Jamaica ranks 30th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 17.9% | — |
| 1965 | 20.8% | +15.9% |
| 1970 | 25.6% | +23.2% |
| 1975 | 27.5% | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 30.1% | +9.3% |
| 1985 | 32.5% | +7.8% |
| 1990 | 34.6% | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 31.4% | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 25.7% | -17.9% |
| 2005 | 24.6% | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 24.8% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.4% | 17.9% | 20.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 26.6% | 25.6% | 27.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 31.3% | 30.1% | 32.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 33.0% | 31.4% | 34.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 25.2% | 24.6% | 25.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 24.8% | 24.8% | 24.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More education data for Jamaica
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11,043 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 4,597 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 52,983 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 51,265 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 177,095 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 211,097 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 8.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0744 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Jamaica?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Jamaica was 24.8% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 34.6% in 1990.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.9% in 1960.
- How does Jamaica rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary?
- Jamaica ranks 30th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Completed Primary