Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 5.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) recorded 5.5% for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.6% on the previous year and down 42.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 13.6% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 2024.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 129th 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 11.2% | — |
| 2000 | 12.5% | +11.8% |
| 2001 | 13.6% | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 12.5% | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 13.2% | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 12.3% | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 10.8% | -12.1% |
| 2006 | 10.8% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 10.8% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 10.9% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 10.1% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 9.9% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 11.0% | +15.3% |
| 2014 | 9.5% | -13.6% |
| 2015 | 10.5% | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 10.0% | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 9.5% | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 9.1% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 8.5% | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 8.0% | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 7.3% | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 5.5% | -25.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.2% | 11.2% | 11.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 11.8% | 10.6% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.8% | 8.8% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.4% | 5.5% | 8.5% | 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 primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 5.5% 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 13.6% in 2001.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 2024.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 129th 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release