Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program in Jamaica

Jamaica: Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program was 4.5% in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
4.5%
Change on year
down 49.9%
World rank
57th
of 174 countries
All-time high
12.3%
in 2014
All-time low
0.0%
in 2010
Years of data
10
2010–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program in Jamaica, 2010–2019

02.557.51012.52010201420192010: 0 %2011: 0 %2012: 0 %2013: 10 %2014: 12.3 %2015: 9.1 %2016: 9.1 %2017: 8.3 %2018: 8.9 %2019: 4.5 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Jamaica recorded 4.5% for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program in 2019.

The figure is down 49.9% on the previous year and down 63.8% over five years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program in Jamaica peaked at 12.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2010.

Jamaica ranks 57th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 54 Cambodia 5.6%
  2. 55 Argentina 5.4% compare
  3. 56 Peru 5.3% compare
  4. 58 Romania 3.7% compare
  5. 59 Mexico 3.2% compare
  6. 60 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 3.1% compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

More reference data data for Jamaica

All data for Jamaica →

Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program in Jamaica?
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program in Jamaica was 4.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 12.3% in 2014.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2010.
How does Jamaica rank for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program?
Jamaica ranks 57th out of 174 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Jamaica data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 10 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 educational development program in Jamaica. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 17 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/gross-enrolment-ratio-early-childhood-educational-development-programmes-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-educational-development-programmes-female-percent/jamaica/">Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development program in Jamaica</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development programmes, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 2,961 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total female enrollment in early childhood educational development programmes, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of the official age for early childhood educational development programmes. 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.