Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 15.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean recorded 15.1% for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in 2024.
The figure is up 168.7% on the previous year and up 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean peaked at 20.9% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5.6%, in 2022.
That places UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 96th 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 UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 20.9% | — |
| 2000 | 16.5% | -21.0% |
| 2001 | 15.7% | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 16.1% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 15.5% | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 15.7% | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 18.8% | +19.6% |
| 2006 | 18.5% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 17.6% | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 17.9% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 16.2% | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 15.6% | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 14.6% | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 13.0% | -10.7% |
| 2013 | 11.3% | -13.5% |
| 2014 | 12.0% | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 9.6% | -20.2% |
| 2016 | 8.7% | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 8.2% | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 7.9% | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 6.7% | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 5.7% | -15.3% |
| 2022 | 5.6% | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 5.6% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 15.1% | +168.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 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 | +168.7% | 5.6% | 15.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.9% | 20.9% | 20.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 16.8% | 15.5% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 7.3% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.7% | 5.6% | 15.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
More education data for UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5697 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 736,275 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.30 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 30.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4491 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean was 15.1% 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 UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 20.9% in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6% in 2022.
- How does UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean ranks 96th 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 UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 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