School life expectancy, tertiary, male (years) (School male years) in Jamaica
Jamaica: School life expectancy, tertiary, male (years) (School male years) was 0.9941 years in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Jamaica, 1971–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Jamaica is 0.9941 years, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.5% on the previous year and up 70.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Jamaica peaked at 0.9941 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3041 years, in 1971.
Jamaica ranks 106th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, male (years) (School male years) in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3041 years | — |
| 1972 | 0.3406 years | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 0.3764 years | +10.5% |
| 1974 | 0.3734 years | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.5297 years | +41.9% |
| 2001 | 0.5883 years | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 0.5832 years | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.7189 years | +23.3% |
| 2009 | 0.71 years | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8194 years | +15.4% |
| 2011 | 0.7933 years | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9474 years | +19.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8322 years | -12.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9941 years | +19.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 0.9941 years is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.7 years, 59% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 0.9941 years is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.68 years, 59% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3486 years | 0.3041 years | 0.3764 years | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.626 years | 0.5297 years | 0.7189 years | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8773 years | 0.7933 years | 0.9941 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More education data for Jamaica
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.68 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.66 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Jamaica?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Jamaica was 0.9941 years in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9941 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3041 years in 1971.
- How does Jamaica rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Jamaica ranks 106th out of 177 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.