Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) was 25.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 2001–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) recorded 25.6% for gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) in 2022. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 25.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12.6%, in 2002.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 85th of 198 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17.3% | — |
| 2002 | 12.6% | -27.0% |
| 2003 | 13.4% | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 15.9% | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 18.5% | +16.3% |
| 2007 | 16.7% | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 17.6% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 19.0% | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 19.1% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 19.9% | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 20.2% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 20.7% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 20.6% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 21.0% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 22.1% | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 22.4% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 22.9% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 23.8% | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 23.9% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 24.2% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 25.6% | +5.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 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 | -27.0% | 17.3% | 12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.2% | 12.6% | 19.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 21.3% | 19.1% | 23.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.6% | 23.9% | 25.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
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 graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 25.6% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 25.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.6% in 2002.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7)?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 85th out of 198 groups with data for 2022.
- Is gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. 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 graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in tertiary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release