Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male was 82.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) recorded 82.6% for gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 82.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50.4%, in 2000.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 73rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 51.4% | — |
| 2000 | 50.4% | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 51.6% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 64.6% | +25.1% |
| 2003 | 63.4% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 67.1% | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 67.1% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 66.3% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 65.2% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 65.5% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 66.4% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 68.0% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 69.6% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 70.7% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 74.4% | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 75.9% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 75.8% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 77.7% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 80.3% | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 81.5% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 81.3% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 81.5% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 82.2% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 82.0% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 82.0% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 82.6% | +0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +25.1% | 51.6% | 64.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.4% | 51.4% | 51.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 62.8% | 50.4% | 67.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.5% | 68.0% | 81.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.1% | 81.5% | 82.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- 70 United States of America 93.1% compare
- 71 Viet Nam 92.3% compare
- 72 Azerbaijan 90.9% compare
- 73 Philippines 90.4% compare
- 74 Macau, China 90.1% compare
- 75 China 89.0% compare
- 76 Ecuador 89.0% compare
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4904 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8527 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2209 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.36 million (2024)
All data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 82.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 82.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.4% in 2000.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 73rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release