Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Jamaica

Jamaica: Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female was 41.4% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
41.4%
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
110th
of 164 countries
All-time high
52.7%
in 2013
All-time low
39.4%
in 2016
Years of data
7
2013–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Jamaica, 2013–2019

02040602013201620192013: 52.7 %2014: 45.3 %2015: 47.1 %2016: 39.4 %2017: 40.8 %2018: 41.6 %2019: 41.4 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Jamaica recorded 41.4% for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in 2019.

The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.

Jamaica ranks 110th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Jamaica, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female (%) in Jamaica, 2013 to 2019.
Year % Change
2013 52.7%
2014 45.3% -14.1%
2015 47.1% +4.0%
2016 39.4% -16.3%
2017 40.8% +3.6%
2018 41.6% +1.9%
2019 41.4% -0.3%

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 107 Samoa 41.7% compare
  2. 108 Bangladesh 41.6% compare
  3. 109 Tanzania, United Republic of 41.6% compare
  4. 111 Argentina 40.8% compare
  5. 112 Honduras 40.5% compare
  6. 113 Armenia 40.2% compare

See the full ranking of 198 places →

More reference data data for Jamaica

All data for Jamaica →

Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Jamaica?
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Jamaica was 41.4% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 52.7% in 2013.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 39.4% in 2016.
How does Jamaica rank for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female?
Jamaica ranks 110th out of 164 countries with data for 2019.
Is gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female rising or falling in Jamaica?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Jamaica data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Jamaica. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/gross-enrolment-ratio-early-childhood-education-female-percent/jamaica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/gross-enrolment-ratio-early-childhood-education-female-percent/jamaica/">Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Jamaica</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
198 places, 2,633 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total female enrollment in early childhood education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official early childhood education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.