Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd): Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 36.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd), 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) recorded 36.7% 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 249.4% on the previous year and up 95.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 36.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 2023.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) ranks 45th 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21.4% | — |
| 2012 | 21.7% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 18.7% | -13.9% |
| 2014 | 18.8% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 17.4% | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 17.0% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 16.5% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 15.1% | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 14.4% | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 13.0% | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 11.3% | -12.4% |
| 2023 | 10.5% | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 36.7% | +249.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 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 | +249.4% | 10.5% | 36.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.1% | 15.1% | 21.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 17.2% | 10.5% | 36.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3032 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 30.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4878 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.44 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.1513 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) was 36.7% 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 36.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 2023.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) ranks 45th 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 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