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Jamaica: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes

14.86percent · 2024+34.3% since 2013

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.1T2.CP. Annual figures for Jamaica from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202414.86
202315.402
202232.053
202117.084
201912.285
201812.976
201713.678
201611.794
201511.669
201411.522
201311.061
200510.628UIS_EST
20049.962
200313.533UIS_EST
200213.049
200112.813
200012.518UIS_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-1t2-cp (accessed 2026-11-11). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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