Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Jamaica
Jamaica: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 98.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Jamaica, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 98.7% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Jamaica peaked at 98.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 72.8%, in 2022.
Jamaica ranks 9th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 75.7% | 75.7% | 75.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 85.7% | 76.5% | 95.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 84.3% | 76.7% | 93.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 84.2% | 72.8% | 98.7% | 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)
- Population ages 0-14 18.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (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 share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Jamaica?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Jamaica was 98.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 98.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.8% in 2022.
- How does Jamaica rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Jamaica ranks 9th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.