Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both in Jamaica

Jamaica: Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both was 0.8% in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
0.8%
World rank
127th
of 172 countries
All-time high
1.9%
in 1975
All-time low
0.3%
in 2002
Years of data
11
1975–2018

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both in Jamaica, 1975–2018

0.511.521975199620181975: 1.9 %1976: 1.6 %1980: 1.4 %1983: 1.7 %1984: 1.4 %1985: 0.983 %1990: 0.977 %2000: 0.984 %2002: 0.258 %2014: 0.617 %2018: 0.805 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2018, repetition rate in grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both in Jamaica stood at 0.8%.

The figure is up 30.4% over five years.

Over the whole period, repetition rate in grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both in Jamaica peaked at 1.9% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2002.

That places Jamaica 127th out of 172 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both in Jamaica, year by year

Annual values for Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%) in Jamaica, 1975 to 2018.
Year % Change
1975 1.9%
1976 1.6% -18.4%
1980 1.4% -9.2%
1983 1.7% +22.1%
1984 1.4% -18.5%
1985 1.0% -30.3%
1990 1.0% -0.6%
2000 1.0% +0.7%
2002 0.3% -73.8%
2014 0.6% +139.4%
2018 0.8% +30.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.7% 1.6% 1.9% 2
1980s 1.4% 1.0% 1.7% 4
1990s 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 1
2000s 0.6% 0.3% 1.0% 2
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 2

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 124 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9% compare
  2. 125 Solomon Islands 0.8% compare
  3. 126 Sierra Leone 0.8% compare
  4. 128 Singapore 0.8% compare
  5. 129 Sri Lanka 0.8% compare
  6. 130 Samoa 0.7% compare

See the full ranking of 172 places →

More reference data data for Jamaica

All data for Jamaica →

Frequently asked questions

What is repetition rate in grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both in Jamaica?
Repetition rate in grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both in Jamaica was 0.8% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest repetition rate in grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 1.9% in 1975.
What is the lowest repetition rate in grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2002.
How does Jamaica rank for repetition rate in grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both?
Jamaica ranks 127th out of 172 countries with data for 2018.
Where does this Jamaica data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both in Jamaica. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/repetition-rate-in-grade-2-of-lower-secondary-general-education-both-sexes-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/repetition-rate-in-grade-2-of-lower-secondary-general-education-both-sexes-percent/jamaica/">Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both in Jamaica</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
172 places, 3,327 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.