Secondary education, duration in Jamaica
Jamaica: Secondary education, duration was 5 years in 2025. ▼ Falling
Secondary education, duration in Jamaica, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, secondary education, duration in Jamaica stood at 5 years. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, duration in Jamaica peaked at 7 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 5 years, in 1998.
Jamaica ranks 183rd of 209 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.6 years | 5 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 183 Antigua and Barbuda 5 years compare
- 183 Aruba 5 years compare
- 183 Barbados 5 years compare
- 183 Botswana 5 years compare
- 183 Costa Rica 5 years compare
- 183 Dominica 5 years compare
- 183 Eswatini 5 years compare
- 183 Grenada 5 years compare
- 183 Guyana 5 years compare
- 183 Honduras 5 years compare
- 183 Ireland 5 years compare
- 183 Lesotho 5 years compare
- 183 Mozambique 5 years compare
- 183 Namibia 5 years compare
- 183 Nicaragua 5 years compare
- 183 Peru 5 years compare
- 183 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 5 years compare
- 183 South Africa 5 years compare
- 183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 years compare
- 183 Saint Lucia 5 years compare
- 183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 years compare
- 183 Trinidad and Tobago 5 years compare
- 183 Turks and Caicos Islands 5 years compare
- 183 Venezuela 5 years compare
- 183 Zambia 5 years compare
More education data for Jamaica
- Population ages 15-64 73.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.3% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 11,768 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 97.5% (2024)
- Labor force, female 46.1% (2025)
- Labor force, total 1.61 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, duration in Jamaica?
- Secondary education, duration in Jamaica was 5 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, duration recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest secondary education, duration recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 years in 1998.
- How does Jamaica rank for secondary education, duration?
- Jamaica ranks 183rd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is secondary education, duration rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Secondary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in secondary school.