Lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 84.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean, 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean recorded 84.0% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 85.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 65.7%, in 1999.
That places Latin America & Caribbean 19th 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, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 65.7% | — |
| 2000 | 67.3% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 68.5% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 71.1% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 72.3% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 73.9% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 76.7% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 77.6% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 78.5% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 80.2% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 81.0% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 82.5% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 82.1% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 82.0% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 81.5% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 82.4% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 83.9% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 84.7% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 84.5% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 83.9% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 84.0% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 84.5% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 85.9% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 85.1% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 83.9% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 84.0% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.7% | 65.7% | 65.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 74.7% | 67.3% | 81.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.2% | 81.5% | 84.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.7% | 83.9% | 85.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
- 16 Saudi Arabia 104.0% compare
- 17 Republic of Moldova 102.5% compare
- 18 Tonga 102.4% compare
- 19 Cyprus 102.2% compare
- 20 Barbados 102.0% compare
- 21 Cayman Islands 101.5% compare
- 22 Nepal 101.3% compare
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 61.44 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.1% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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, per capita 0.0928 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1923 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean was 84.0% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 85.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.7% in 1999.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 19th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean 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.