Lower secondary completion rate, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Lower secondary completion rate, male was 79.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 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, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) stood at 79.0%.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 81.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 61.4%, in 1999.
That places Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 21st 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, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 61.4% | — |
| 2000 | 62.6% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 63.9% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 66.3% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 67.4% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 68.7% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 70.8% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 71.7% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 72.3% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 73.8% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 75.5% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 76.7% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 76.5% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 76.6% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 76.1% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 77.1% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 78.7% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 79.2% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 79.0% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 78.9% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 79.2% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 79.6% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 81.9% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 80.9% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 79.3% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 79.0% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.4% | 61.4% | 61.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 69.3% | 62.6% | 75.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.8% | 76.1% | 79.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.1% | 79.0% | 81.9% | 5 |
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More education data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.22 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 62.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 60.53 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1513 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0936 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.3% (2025)
All data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 79.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 81.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.4% in 1999.
- How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 21st out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, male (% 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.