Puerto Rico vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in
Puerto Rico
15.2%
in 2023
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
7.8%
in 2024
Puerto Rico rank
9th
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank
12th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in over time
- Puerto Rico
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 15.2% against 7.8% in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), a difference of 7.4%.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 2.0 times WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)'s.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2009 it was WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 9th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 12th of 83 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 1 and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 5.2% | 5.2% | WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 6.2% | 5.1% | WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) |
| 2020s | 15.2% | 8.4% | 6.8% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in, Puerto Rico or WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Puerto Rico, at 15.2% against 7.8% in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in between Puerto Rico and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- 7.4%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2023.
- How do Puerto Rico and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank globally for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- Puerto Rico ranks 9th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 12th of 83 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release