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

14.64percent · 2024+9.1% since 2013

Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.1T3.CP. Annual figures for Jamaica from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202414.64
202316.073
202230.782
202118.34
201914.29
201814.619
201714.391
201613.16
201514.202
201414.014
201313.422
200514.216UIS_EST
200413.679
200317.117UIS_EST
200216.593
200116.792
200016.569UIS_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-1t3-cp (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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