Historical dataset showing Jamaica literacy rate by year from 1999 to 1999.

Jamaica: Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24: The latest value from 2022 is 93.57 percent, an increase from 92 percent in 1999. In comparison, the world average is 90.52 percent, based on data from 65 countries. Historically, the average for Jamaica from 1999 to 2022 is 92.79 percent. The minimum value, 92 percent, was reached in 1999 while the maximum of 93.57 percent was recorded in 2022.

Jamaica: Female literacy rate, ages 15-24: The latest value from 2022 is 99.3 percent, a decline from 99.72 percent in 2011. In comparison, the world average is 90.04 percent, based on data from 65 countries. Historically, the average for Jamaica from 1999 to 2022 is 98.7 percent. The minimum value, 96 percent, was reached in 1999 while the maximum of 99.77 percent was recorded in 2005.

Jamaica: Male literacy rate, ages 15-24: The latest value from 2022 is 88.23 percent, an increase from 87 percent in 1999. In comparison, the world average is 91.06 percent, based on data from 65 countries. Historically, the average for Jamaica from 1999 to 2022 is 87.62 percent. The minimum value, 87 percent, was reached in 1999 while the maximum of 88.23 percent was recorded in 2022.

68.0 (%) in 2015. Elderly (65+) literacy rate (%). Total is the percentage of the population age 65 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of literates aged 65 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100.

73,1 (%) in 1999.

85,7 (%) in 1999.

94,3 (%) in 2008.

88.1 (%) in 1999.

96,46 (%) in 2015. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.

92,7 (%) в 1999.

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is collaborating with USAID through a Government to Government (G2G) initiative to implement a comprehensive reading activity. The G2G activity supports the GOJ’s efforts to improve reading among students in Grades 1 -3 of 450 poor performing primary and All Age schools across Jamaica. The activity targets specific education regions because of risk factors, such as crime, poverty and unemployment. The CBSI component of the project benefits approximately 11,000 students and 200 teachers in regions that experience the highest levels of crime and violence, and are part of the Government of Jamaica’s Community Renewal Program. The focus of the G2G activity is to enhance the Grades 1-3 teachers' competence in the teaching of phonological awareness, phonics and vocabulary; and to improve Grades 1-3 students' performance in the fundamentals of reading instruction. The activity also seeks to further equip school principals and education officers in the effective management of literacy instructions in the schools that they supervise; implement gender based instruction; and improve the tracking and monitoring of literacy resources and programs of the MOE. Parents also benefit under this project as they are provided with basic knowledge and skills and strategies on literacy development so that they can better impact their children's progress in education.

This dataset tracks annual reading and language arts proficiency from 2021 to 2022 for Jamaica Village School vs. Vermont and West River Valley Union Education District #72a School District

Jamaïque: Youth literacy rate, ages 15-24: Pour cet indicateur, UNESCO fournit des données pour la Jamaïque de 1999 à 2022. La valeur moyenne pour Jamaïque pendant cette période était de 92.79 pour cent avec un minimum de 92 pour cent en 1999 et un maximum de 93.57 pour cent en 2022.

This dataset tracks annual reading and language arts proficiency from 2010 to 2014 for Jamaica High School vs. New York and New York City Geographic District #28 School District

This dataset tracks annual reading and language arts proficiency from 2011 to 2022 for Jamaica Elementary School vs. Arizona and Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) School District

This dataset tracks annual reading and language arts proficiency from 2010 to 2015 for Jamaica Junior High School vs. Illinois and Jamaica CUSD 12 School District

This dataset tracks annual reading and language arts proficiency from 2012 to 2022 for Jamaica Gateway To The Sciences vs. New York and New York City Geographic District #28 School District

78,0 (%) in 2014.

This dataset tracks annual reading and language arts proficiency from 2010 to 2015 for Jamaica High School vs. Illinois and Jamaica CUSD 12 School District