Latin America & Caribbean vs Mexico: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female

Latin America & Caribbean
109.4%
in 2019
Mexico
132.5%
in 2018
Latin America & Caribbean rank
3rd
Mexico rank
3rd

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Mexico
050100150199420062019

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 132.5% against 109.4% in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 23.1%.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 3rd and Mexico ranks 3rd of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean averaged higher in 1 and Mexico in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean Mexico Difference Ahead
1990s 97.2% 87.7% 9.5% Latin America & Caribbean
2000s 102.0% 108.9% 6.9% Mexico
2010s 106.7% 127.4% 20.7% Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female, Latin America & Caribbean or Mexico?
Mexico, at 132.5% against 109.4% in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2018.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female between Latin America & Caribbean and Mexico?
23.1%, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Mexico?
22 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2018.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Mexico rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 3rd and Mexico ranks 3rd of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,599 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Total female enrollment in lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official lower secondary education age. 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.