Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (UIS estimate) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (UIS estimate) was 1.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (UIS estimate) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (uis estimate) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) stood at 1.3%.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (uis estimate) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 1.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1997.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 211th out of 218 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (UIS estimate) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.7% | — |
| 1998 | 1.0% | +47.1% |
| 1999 | 1.0% | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 1.0% | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 1.1% | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | -7.5% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -15.3% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +21.1% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | -1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (UIS estimate) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +47.1% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 4 |
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 outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (uis estimate) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (uis estimate) in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 1.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (uis estimate) recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (uis estimate) recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1997.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (uis estimate)?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 211th out of 218 groups with data for 2023.
- Is outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (uis estimate) rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. 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 Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release