Jamaica: Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

Since 1976 it is down 18.1 percentage points from 97.44% in 1976. The World Bank has no value for 20 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2018, Jamaica's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) fell 1.43 percentage points on 2017 (from 80.77% to 79.34%).

Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1977 to 2017), the average change was −1.48 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.27 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.51 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.96 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2018, Jamaica had the 79th highest value of the 80 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Jamaica in the 2018 ranking

• Bahamas, The — 75th of 80: 83.29%
• Jordan — 76th of 80: 80.97%
• Tuvalu — 77th of 80: 80.68%
• Niger — 79th of 80: 75.42%
• Eritrea — 80th of 80: 73.38%

What this measures

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.

Limitations: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 23 values

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 98.52% (2018)
• Argentina — 106.2% (2017)
• Bahamas, The — 83.29% (2018)
• Barbados — 98.33% (2018)
• Belize — 98.49% (2018)
• Bolivia — 98.97% (2018)
• British Virgin Islands — 150.16% (2017)
• Chile

More education data for Jamaica

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 211,097 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 97.3% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 97.08% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 97.5% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 177,095 (2024)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 84.46% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Jamaica's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)?

79.34% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1976?

It is down 18.1 percentage points from 97.44% in 1976. The highest value was 102.18% in 1979 and the lowest 79.34% in 2018.

How does Jamaica rank?

79th highest of 80 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) unusual for Jamaica?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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