Jamaica - Primary completion rate

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Jamaica was 76.53 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 98.78 in 1989, while its lowest value was 76.53 in 2019.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1976 84.51
1977 86.57
1979 93.49
1980 89.48
1981 92.14
1984 93.29
1987 93.51
1988 96.18
1989 98.78
1990 98.76
1991 96.43
1993 91.52
2000 88.99
2001 84.07
2002 89.87
2004 88.24
2007 87.88
2013 81.93
2014 79.66
2015 79.72
2016 79.55
2017 81.64
2018 78.37
2019 76.53

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Jamaica was 77.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 91.91 in 1990, while its lowest value was 75.04 in 1976.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1976 75.04
1977 76.57
1979 82.02
1980 80.70
1981 80.60
1984 84.66
1987 86.61
1988 88.19
1989 90.86
1990 91.91
1991 88.45
1993 86.28
2000 83.79
2001 77.69
2002 83.59
2004 85.03
2007 84.17
2013 80.86
2014 79.38
2015 78.82
2016 79.83
2017 80.25
2018 79.39
2019 77.30

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Jamaica was 76.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 95.31 in 1990, while its lowest value was 76.92 in 2019.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1976 79.74
1977 81.53
1979 87.67
1980 85.01
1981 86.25
1984 88.89
1985 85.54
1986 86.54
1987 90.01
1988 92.13
1989 94.78
1990 95.31
1991 92.41
1993 88.88
2000 86.37
2001 80.85
2002 86.67
2004 86.60
2007 85.98
2013 81.38
2014 79.52
2015 79.26
2016 79.70
2017 80.93
2018 78.89
2019 76.92

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes