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

19.84percent · 2023+3.9% since 2005

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.2T3.CP. Annual figures for Jamaica from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202319.843
202255.47
202121.765
201919.662
201819.186
201718.641
201615.436
201518.297
201417.648
201318.417
200519.105UIS_EST
200418.098
200322.139
200222.087
200123.875
200023.574UIS_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 adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-2t3-cp (accessed 2026-11-10). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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