Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development was 16.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development 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 16.8% for net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in 2024.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 17.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11.3%, in 2012.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 53rd of 161 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 13.3% | — |
| 2000 | 13.3% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 13.1% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 13.1% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12.9% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 12.9% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 12.6% | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 12.7% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 12.5% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 12.4% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 11.3% | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 12.0% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 12.9% | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 13.5% | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 14.1% | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 14.7% | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 15.3% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 15.8% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 16.6% | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 17.1% | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 16.8% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.3% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.8% | 12.4% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.4% | 11.3% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1% | 14.5% | 17.1% | 5 |
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 net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 16.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.3% in 2012.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 53rd out of 161 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. 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 Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release