World Data Atlas Topics Education

Literacy in Jamaica

Demographics Age (% in 1999)
Adult 79.92 WB
Youth 1.09 WB
Gender (%)
Female 99.72 in 2011 WB
Male 74.08 in 1999 WB
Central America and the Caribbean (%)
Antigua and Barbuda Adult 3 timeseries
Barbados 100 in 2012 WB
Belize 96.6 in 2011 WB
Costa Rica 99.61 in 2021 WB
Cuba 99.9 in 2021 WB
Dominican Republic 98.79 in 2022 WB
El Salvador 98.71 in 2020 WB
Grenada 99.4 in 1980 WB
Guatemala 95.86 in 2022 WB
Haiti 82.63 in 2016 WB
Honduras 97.29 in 2019 WB
Jamaica 99.72 in 2011 WB
Nicaragua 93.6 in 2015 WB
Panama 99.24 in 2021 WB
Puerto Rico 92.4 in 2021 WB
Saint Lucia Youth 4 timeseries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 98.8 in 1980 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 99.18 in 2006 WB
Education Indicators
Completion Rate 84.53 % in 2020 WB
Duration 6 years in 2022 WB
Educational Attainment 64.63 % in 2011 WB
Enrollment Rate 90.74 % in 2022 WB
Intake Rate Primary Education 6 timeseries
Literacy 99.72 % in 2011 WB
Not in Education 9.58 % in 2022 WB
Pupil–Teacher Ratio 24.79 ratio in 2018 WB
School Life Expectancy 12.43 in 2004 WB
Starting Age 12 years in 2022 WB
Education Indicators