Jamaica: Progression to secondary school (%)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 6.76 percentage points from 90.29% in 2012. Since 1983 it is up 0.45 percentage points from 96.6% in 1983. The World Bank has no value for 23 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2008 to 2017 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 15% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2017, Jamaica had the 27th highest value of the 52 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 2017 ranking

• Kuwait — 24th of 52: 97.79%
• Seychelles — 25th of 52: 97.36%
• Belize — 26th of 52: 97.36%
• West Bank and Gaza — 28th of 52: 96.98%
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 29th of 52: 96.56%
• Lebanon — 30th of 52: 96.23%

What this measures

Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).

Limitations: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality.

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

All 12 values

Progression to secondary school (%) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 99.85% (2016)
• Belize — 97.36% (2017)
• Chile — 97.9% (2016)
• Costa Rica — 91.71% (2017)
• Cuba — 98.45% (2017)
• Dominican Republic — 93.16% (2017)
• Ecuador — 99.59% (2017)
• El Salvador — 95.17% (2017)
• Guatemala — 90.17% (2017)
• Mexico — 96.57% (2016)
• Panama

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 progression to secondary school (%)?

97.05% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1983?

It is up 0.45 percentage points from 96.6% in 1983. The highest value was 100% in 1985 and the lowest 90.29% in 2012.

How does Jamaica rank?

27th highest of 52 economies with data for 2017.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.PROG.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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