Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Jamaica

Gross secondary school enrolment in Jamaica was 84.5% in 2024.

Measure: Secondary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official secondary school-age population Data: 1973 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Jamaica, 2024 84.5% % of the official secondary school-age population
Change from 2023 −1.0percentage points 2023: 85.4%
World, 2024 77.3% Official aggregate

Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Jamaica over time

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% of the official secondary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Secondary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official secondary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period JamaicaWorld
2024 84.5% 77.3%
2023 85.4% 77.2%
2022 82.9% 77.5%
2021 85.8% 77.3%
2020 81.5% 76.5%
2019 85.8% 76.0%
2018 83.8% 75.5%
2017 84.2% 74.9%
2016 87.9% 75.2%
2015 85.4% 75.0%
2014 86.4% 74.9%
2013 85.4% 74.0%
2012 – 72.7%
2011 91.5% 71.9%
2010 89.5% 70.9%
2009 90.2% 69.4%
2008 88.1% 68.3%
2007 86.4% 66.8%
2006 – 65.4%
2005 84.7% 64.4%
2004 85.7% 63.5%
2003 80.9% 62.4%
2002 80.5% 61.6%
2001 79.9% 60.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.0 percentage points from 85.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 86.4%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 77.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.SEC.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1973 to 2024 for Jamaica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics