Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female was 92.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) stood at 92.6%.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 94.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 76.4%, in 1999.
That places ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 47th out of 212 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 76.4% | — |
| 2000 | 77.1% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 77.9% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 81.0% | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 80.3% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 81.4% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 81.8% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 82.0% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 83.0% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 84.1% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 84.7% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 85.2% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 85.4% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 85.4% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 88.2% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 88.6% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 88.6% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 89.3% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 89.7% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 90.4% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 90.9% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 91.4% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 92.4% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 93.0% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 94.1% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 92.6% | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76.4% | 76.4% | 76.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 81.3% | 77.1% | 84.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.2% | 85.2% | 90.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.7% | 91.4% | 94.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4451 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5652 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 31.11 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3433 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 92.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 94.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.4% in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 47th out of 212 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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 Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release