ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) vs Puerto Rico: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in

ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
6.6%
in 2024
Puerto Rico
15.2%
in 2023
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank
9th
Puerto Rico rank
9th

Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in over time

  • ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
  • Puerto Rico
051015199720102024

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 15.2% against 6.6% in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), a difference of 8.6%.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 2.3 times ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2009 it was ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ahead.

ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 9th and Puerto Rico ranks 9th of 221 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) averaged higher in 2 and Puerto Rico in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) Puerto Rico Difference Ahead
2000s 4.2% 0.0% 4.2% ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
2010s 5.1% 1.2% 4.0% ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
2020s 6.5% 15.2% 8.7% 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, ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) or Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico, at 15.2% against 6.6% in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in between ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) and Puerto Rico?
8.6%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) and Puerto Rico?
9 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2023.
How do ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) and Puerto Rico rank globally for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 9th and Puerto Rico ranks 9th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
309 places, 7,367 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release