Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)

ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male was 1.31 million in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.31 million
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
77th
of 218 groups
All-time high
1.86 million
in 2012
All-time low
694,557
in 1998
Years of data
27
1998–2024

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1998–2024

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M1998201120241998: 694.6k1999: 759.3k2000: 781.6k2001: 807.4k2002: 867.0k2003: 896.6k2004: 969.3k2005: 1.2M2006: 1.3M2007: 1.3M2008: 1.5M2009: 1.6M2010: 1.7M2011: 1.8M2012: 1.9M2013: 1.3M2014: 1.4M2015: 1.4M2016: 1.3M2017: 1.4M2018: 1.3M2019: 1.3M2020: 1.3M2021: 1.2M2022: 1.2M2023: 1.3M2024: 1.3M

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) recorded 1.31 million for enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, male in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 1.86 million in 2012 and was at its lowest, 694,557, in 1998.

ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 77th of 218 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year

Annual values for Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male (number) in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1998 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1998 694,557
1999 759,258 +9.3%
2000 781,639 +2.9%
2001 807,445 +3.3%
2002 866,982 +7.4%
2003 896,569 +3.4%
2004 969,337 +8.1%
2005 1.17 million +20.8%
2006 1.32 million +12.9%
2007 1.29 million -2.8%
2008 1.45 million +13.0%
2009 1.57 million +8.1%
2010 1.68 million +7.0%
2011 1.81 million +7.5%
2012 1.86 million +2.9%
2013 1.34 million -28.0%
2014 1.39 million +4.1%
2015 1.43 million +2.5%
2016 1.34 million -5.9%
2017 1.36 million +1.3%
2018 1.33 million -2.0%
2019 1.32 million -0.7%
2020 1.30 million -2.0%
2021 1.20 million -7.4%
2022 1.23 million +2.4%
2023 1.31 million +6.7%
2024 1.31 million +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 726,908 694,557 759,258 2
2000s 1.11 million 781,639 1.57 million 10
2010s 1.49 million 1.32 million 1.86 million 10
2020s 1.27 million 1.20 million 1.31 million 5

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)

  1. 74 Oman 10,150 compare
  2. 75 Niger 9,884 compare
  3. 76 Ireland 9,162 compare
  4. 77 El Salvador 8,886 compare
  5. 78 Lebanon 8,873 compare
  6. 79 Turkmenistan 8,453 compare
  7. 80 Republic of Moldova 7,157 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
Enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 1.31 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
The highest recorded value was 1.86 million in 2012.
What is the lowest enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
The lowest recorded value was 694,557 in 1998.
How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, male?
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 77th out of 218 groups with data for 2024.
Is enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
364 places, 7,660 data points, 1997–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release