Jamaica's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) was 2.84% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.21 percentage points from 3.05% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.84% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 3.21% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.05% | 2008 |
| Highest | 5.07% | 2000 |
| Lowest | 2.79% | 2004 |
| Average since 2009 | 3.14% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 3.61% | 1976 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Jamaica's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) fell 0.07 percentage points on 2017 (from 2.92% to 2.84%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1977 to 2017), the average change was −0.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.51 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 0.78 percentage points in 1977 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.5 percentage points in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 21% of the movement over 10 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 2018, Jamaica had the 32nd highest value of the 79 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 2.84% | 2018 |
| World | 3.14% | 2018 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 4.39% | 2018 |
| Upper middle income | 2.36% | 2018 |
Closest to Jamaica in the 2018 ranking
- Senegal — 29th of 79: 3.59%
- Bahamas, The — 30th of 79: 3.23%
- St. Lucia — 31st of 79: 2.91%
- Peru — 33rd of 79: 2.74%
- Grenada — 34th of 79: 2.4%
- Costa Rica — 35th of 79: 2.31%
What this measures
Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.
Limitations: Country policies on repetition and promotion differ. In some cases the number of repeaters is controlled because of limited capacity. In other cases the number of repeaters is almost 0 because of automatic promotion – suggesting a system that is highly efficient but that may not be endowing students with enough cognitive skills.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 31 values
| Year | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2.84 |
| 2017 | 2.92 |
| 2016 | 3.11 |
| 2015 | 3.26 |
| 2014 | 3.41 |
| 2013 | 3.21 |
| 2012 | 3.03 |
| 2011 | 3.03 |
| 2010 | 2.99 |
| 2009 | 3.56 |
| 2008 |
Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 1.37% (2018)
- Argentina — 3.31% (2017)
- Bahamas, The — 3.23% (2018)
- Belize — 6.68% (2018)
- British Virgin Islands — 3.09% (2017)
- Cayman Islands — 0% (2018)
- Chile — 3.01% (2017)
- Colombia — 1.8% (2018)
- Costa Rica — 2.31% (2018)
- Cuba
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Jamaica's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)?
- 2.84% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1976?
- It is down 0.77 percentage points from 3.61% in 1976. The highest value was 5.07% in 2000 and the lowest 2.79% in 2004.
- How does Jamaica rank?
- 32nd highest of 79 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) unusual for Jamaica?
- In 2018, Jamaica's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) fell 0.07 percentage points on 2017 (from 2.92% to 2.84%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1977 to 2017), the average change was −0.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.51 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.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.REPT.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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