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 13.7% 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 13.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 169.0% on the previous year and up 38.0% 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 20.6% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 2023.
That places MDG: Latin America 98th out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 20.6% | — |
| 2000 | 16.1% | -21.8% |
| 2001 | 15.8% | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 15.9% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 15.2% | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 15.4% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 18.6% | +20.3% |
| 2006 | 18.3% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 17.5% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 17.8% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 16.4% | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 15.6% | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 14.4% | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 9.9% | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 9.0% | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 8.2% | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 6.8% | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 6.3% | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 5.3% | -15.9% |
| 2022 | 5.1% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 5.1% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 13.7% | +169.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Latin America 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 | +169.0% | 5.1% | 13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.6% | 20.6% | 20.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 16.7% | 15.2% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.2% | 6.8% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.1% | 5.1% | 13.7% | 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 13.7% 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 20.6% 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 5.1% 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 98th 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 up 38.0%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release