Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes was 56.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 is 56.0%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 56.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 24.5%, in 1990.
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 31st of 39 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 24.5% | — |
| 1991 | 25.0% | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 25.5% | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 26.0% | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 26.4% | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 26.8% | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 27.3% | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 27.9% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 28.7% | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 29.6% | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 30.4% | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 31.4% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 32.4% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 33.7% | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 35.1% | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 36.4% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 37.6% | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 38.7% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 40.0% | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 41.3% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 42.6% | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 43.7% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 44.7% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 45.8% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 46.7% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 47.5% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 48.1% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 48.9% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 49.8% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 50.8% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 51.7% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 52.7% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 53.5% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 54.3% | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 55.2% | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 56.0% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.8% | 24.5% | 29.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 35.7% | 30.4% | 41.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.9% | 42.6% | 50.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.9% | 51.7% | 56.0% | 6 |
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More education data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 7.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 320,705 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.538 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.63 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 56.0% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 56.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.5% in 1990.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 31st out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release