Completion rate, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: Completion rate, primary education, both sexes was 79.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary 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, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 is 79.4%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 79.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 44.6%, in 1990.
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 27th of 39 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 44.6% | — |
| 1991 | 45.2% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 45.9% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 46.7% | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 47.6% | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 48.6% | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 49.5% | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 50.5% | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 51.4% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 52.4% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 53.5% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 54.6% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 55.8% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 57.2% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 58.6% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 60.0% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 61.4% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 62.7% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 64.1% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 65.4% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 66.8% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 68.0% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 69.2% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 70.3% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 71.2% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 72.1% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 72.9% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 73.8% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 74.6% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 75.3% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 76.1% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 76.7% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 77.4% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 78.1% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 78.7% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 79.4% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.2% | 44.6% | 52.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.3% | 53.5% | 65.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.4% | 66.8% | 75.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.7% | 76.1% | 79.4% | 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, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Completion rate, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 79.4% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 79.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.6% in 1990.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for completion rate, primary education, both sexes?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 27th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. 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, primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release