Lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Lower secondary completion rate, female was 83.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 83.4%.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 85.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 65.3%, in 1999.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 22nd out of 45 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.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 65.3% | — |
| 2000 | 66.8% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 68.0% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 70.7% | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 71.8% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 73.4% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 76.4% | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 77.2% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 78.0% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 79.6% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 80.5% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 82.2% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 81.8% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 81.6% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 81.1% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 82.1% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 83.8% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 84.8% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 84.7% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 83.9% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 83.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 84.3% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 85.6% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 84.5% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 83.3% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 83.4% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.3% | 65.3% | 65.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 74.2% | 66.8% | 80.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.0% | 81.1% | 84.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.2% | 83.3% | 85.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 83.4% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 85.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.3% in 1999.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 22nd out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.