Qualified primary teachers in Jamaica
In Jamaica, 97.4% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2024.
Jamaica, 2024
97.4%
Change from 2023
+2.6percentage points
Position in 2024
31st of 79
Qualified primary teachers in Jamaica over time
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% of primary teachers. 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 | 97.4% |
| 2023 | 94.8% |
| 2022 | 99.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% |
| 2020 | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% |
| 2016 | 96.2% |
| 2015 | 93.4% |
| 2014 | 95.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.6 percentage points from 94.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 95.7%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
- Among the 79 countries with data for 2024, Jamaica has the 31st highest value.
More for Jamaica
All statistics for Jamaica
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
Out-of-school children
4.3%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
20.7%
2023 · UNESCO UIS