Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female was 14.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean recorded 14.9% for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 29.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 14.9%, in 2025.
SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 30th of 39 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 29.0% | — |
| 2001 | 29.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 28.8% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 28.0% | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 26.8% | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 25.9% | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 25.2% | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 24.8% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 24.1% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 23.0% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 22.1% | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 21.6% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 21.5% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 21.2% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 20.9% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 20.3% | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 19.7% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 19.1% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 18.8% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 18.1% | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 17.9% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 17.0% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 16.9% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 16.4% | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 15.6% | -4.9% |
| 2025 | 14.9% | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.5% | 23.0% | 29.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 18.1% | 22.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4% | 14.9% | 17.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
More education data for SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4451 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5652 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean was 14.9% 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 SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 29.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.9% in 2025.
- How does SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 30th 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 SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 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