Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Uruguay
Uruguay: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 1.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Uruguay, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Uruguay is 1.8%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 12.5% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Uruguay peaked at 3.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2017.
Uruguay ranks 18th of 25 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.5% | — |
| 2001 | 2.7% | -22.9% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | -18.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -63.6% |
| 2004 | 3.5% | +337.5% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | -65.7% |
| 2008 | 2.2% | +83.3% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | -13.6% |
| 2010 | 2.3% | +21.1% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | -47.8% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | +50.0% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | -22.2% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | +107.1% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | -41.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -70.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +60.0% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | +162.5% |
| 2021 | 2.5% | +19.0% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | -36.0% |
| 2023 | 1.8% | +12.5% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 1.8% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.2%, 82% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Uruguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +337.5% | 0.8% | 3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.2% | 0.8% | 3.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 0.5% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 15 Paraguay 2.7% compare
- 16 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.6% compare
- 17 Zimbabwe 2.3% compare
- 19 Peru 1.7% compare
- 20 Costa Rica 1.5% compare
- 20 Dominican Republic 1.5% compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,390 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,520 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,513 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0849 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Uruguay?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Uruguay was 1.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2017.
- How does Uruguay rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- Uruguay ranks 18th out of 25 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, urban, richest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release