Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female was 40.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 40.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 53.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 40.0%, in 2016.
That places GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 11th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 52.7% | — |
| 2001 | 53.5% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 53.8% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 52.6% | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 51.7% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 50.2% | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 47.2% | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 45.8% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 44.6% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 43.7% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 43.3% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 43.2% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 42.9% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 41.8% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 41.5% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 40.4% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 40.0% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 41.3% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 43.4% | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 43.9% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 45.1% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 41.6% | -7.8% |
| 2022 | 41.8% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 41.7% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 41.2% | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 40.3% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.6% | 43.7% | 53.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.2% | 40.0% | 43.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.9% | 40.3% | 45.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.0268 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.2812 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 560,020 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.0589 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 40.3% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 53.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.0% in 2016.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 11th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release