Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Jamaica
Jamaica: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 97.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Jamaica, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 97.3% for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.9% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Jamaica peaked at 112.7% in 1974 and was at its lowest, 87.7%, in 2023.
That places Jamaica 142nd out of 217 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 108.4% | 106.0% | 112.7% | 9 |
| 1980s | 103.5% | 100.2% | 106.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 97.1% | 91.0% | 100.8% | 4 |
| 2000s | 94.1% | 90.6% | 100.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 94.6% | 91.4% | 97.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.3% | 87.7% | 97.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More education data for Jamaica
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 73.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 11,768 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.35 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Jamaica?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Jamaica was 97.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 112.7% in 1974.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.7% in 2023.
- How does Jamaica rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Jamaica ranks 142nd out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.