Primary net enrolment in Jamaica
In Jamaica, 95.7% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2009.
Jamaica, 2024
95.7%
Change from 2023
+8.1percentage points
Primary net enrolment in Jamaica over time
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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Jamaica |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 95.7% |
| 2023 | 87.6% |
| 2022 | 93.3% |
| 2021 | 85.0% |
| 2020 | 87.4%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2019 | 81.6% |
| 2018 | 89.6% |
| 2017 | 89.5% |
| 2016 | 88.9% |
| 2015 | 89.5% |
| 2014 | 89.3% |
| 2013 | 91.2% |
| 2010 | 92.7%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2009 | 99.8%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2008 | 95.6% |
| 2007 | 91.5% |
| 2005 | 89.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2004 | 89.9% |
| 2003 | 86.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2002 | 87.7% |
| 2001 | 88.8% |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +8.1 percentage points from 87.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 89.3%, the figure has changed by +6.3 percentage points.
More for Jamaica
All statistics for Jamaica
Out-of-school children
4.3%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school enrolment (gross)
97.3%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
20.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
99.2%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
95.4%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
87.2%
2022 · UNESCO UIS