Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in MDG: Latin America
MDG: Latin America: Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 35.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in MDG: Latin America, 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Latin America recorded 35.7% for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 240.8% on the previous year and up 96.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in MDG: Latin America peaked at 35.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 2023.
MDG: Latin America ranks 50th of 214 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in MDG: Latin America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21.3% | — |
| 2012 | 21.0% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 18.7% | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 18.2% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 17.5% | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 17.0% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 16.4% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 15.1% | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 14.4% | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 13.0% | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 11.3% | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 10.5% | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 35.7% | +240.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in MDG: Latin America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +240.8% | 10.5% | 35.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 17.9% | 15.1% | 21.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 17.0% | 10.5% | 35.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Latin America
- 47 Dominican Republic 18.2% compare
- 48 Guatemala 18.0% compare
- 49 Djibouti 17.6% compare
- 50 Honduras 17.1% compare
- 51 Tanzania, United Republic of 16.3% compare
- 52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.3% compare
- 53 Uruguay 16.3% compare
More education data for MDG: Latin America
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7521 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 650,773 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.47 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 29.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.46 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in MDG: Latin America?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in MDG: Latin America was 35.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The highest recorded value was 35.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 2023.
- How does MDG: Latin America rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- MDG: Latin America ranks 50th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in MDG: Latin America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 96.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this MDG: Latin America data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release