Expenditure on secondary education in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Expenditure on secondary education was 32.9% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Expenditure on secondary education in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1995–2016
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of government expenditure on education.
Analysis
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 32.9% for expenditure on secondary education in 2016.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expenditure on secondary education in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 34.5% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 22.0%, in 1995.
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 18th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Expenditure on secondary education in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of government expenditure on education | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 22.0% | — |
| 2000 | 34.1% | +55.0% |
| 2002 | 31.9% | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 34.5% | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 31.4% | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 33.5% | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 32.5% | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 32.5% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 33.0% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 32.2% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 31.4% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 32.3% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 32.9% | +2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Expenditure on secondary education in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +55.0% | 22.0% | 34.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 33.1% | 31.4% | 34.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 32.4% | 31.4% | 33.0% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
More education data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.22 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 62.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 60.53 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1513 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0936 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.3% (2025)
All data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is expenditure on secondary education in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Expenditure on secondary education in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 32.9% in 2016, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest expenditure on secondary education recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 34.5% in 2004.
- What is the lowest expenditure on secondary education recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.0% in 1995.
- How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for expenditure on secondary education?
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 18th out of 24 groups with data for 2016.
- Is expenditure on secondary education rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Expenditure on secondary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.