Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Latin America
MDG: Latin America: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 4.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Latin America, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Latin America stood at 4.3%.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Latin America peaked at 14.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2023.
MDG: Latin America ranks 147th of 214 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Latin America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14.0% | — |
| 2000 | 13.7% | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 13.4% | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 13.4% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 13.1% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 12.9% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 12.8% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 12.7% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 11.9% | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 11.4% | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 10.7% | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 10.3% | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 9.5% | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 8.6% | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 7.8% | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 6.6% | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 5.8% | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 4.6% | -13.5% |
| 2022 | 4.4% | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 4.3% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 4.3% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.0% | 14.0% | 14.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 13.0% | 11.9% | 13.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 5.8% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | 4.3% | 5.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Latin America
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 primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Latin America?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Latin America was 4.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The highest recorded value was 14.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2023.
- How does MDG: Latin America rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- MDG: Latin America ranks 147th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in MDG: Latin America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.8%. 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 primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release