Jamaica: Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)

Key figures

How it compares

In 2022, Jamaica had the 22nd highest value of the 23 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 2022 ranking

• Djibouti — 18th of 23: 72.68%
• Lesotho — 19th of 23: 69.91%
• Panama — 20th of 23: 66.67%
• St. Lucia — 22nd of 23: 59.08%
• Burkina Faso — 23rd of 23: 31.03%

What this measures

Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.

Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.

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

All 13 values

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 97.64% (2022)
• Aruba — 84.99% (2021)
• Barbados — 94.69% (2022)
• Belize — 96.05% (2023)
• Bolivia — 96.77% (2023)
• Chile — 99.55% (2023)
• Colombia — 91.33% (2021)
• Costa Rica — 94.27% (2023)
• Cuba — 89.02% (2023)
• Dominica

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 persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)?

66.41% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1983?

It is down 15.21 percentage points from 81.62% in 1983. The highest value was 96.75% in 2017 and the lowest 64.9% in 2019.

How does Jamaica rank?

22nd highest of 23 economies with data for 2022.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRSL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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