Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 42.1% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) is 42.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 309.5% on the previous year and up 124.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 42.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2023.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 38th out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21.3% | — |
| 2012 | 21.8% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 18.6% | -14.7% |
| 2014 | 18.8% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 17.5% | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 17.0% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 16.5% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 15.7% | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 14.7% | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 14.0% | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 12.7% | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 11.1% | -12.5% |
| 2023 | 10.3% | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 42.1% | +309.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +309.5% | 10.3% | 42.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.0% | 14.7% | 21.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 18.0% | 10.3% | 42.1% | 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 percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 42.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 42.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2023.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 38th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 124.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release