Jamaica

Adult literacy in Jamaica

Adult literacy in Jamaica: 79.9% in 1999 and 79.9% in 1999, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 1999
79.9%
World, 1999
80.9%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in JamaicaAdult literacy in Jamaica: 79.9% in 1999 and 79.9% in 1999, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 80.9% in 1999.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearJamaicaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
199979.980.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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