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 17.6% 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
The most recent figure for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) is 17.6%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 220.1% on the previous year and up 43.6% 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 21.6% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 2022.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 79th 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 21.6% | — |
| 2000 | 16.7% | -22.8% |
| 2001 | 15.3% | -8.4% |
| 2002 | 16.1% | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 15.5% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 15.8% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 18.8% | +19.0% |
| 2006 | 18.6% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 18.2% | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 18.0% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 16.4% | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 16.2% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 15.0% | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 13.3% | -11.4% |
| 2013 | 11.4% | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 12.3% | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 9.7% | -21.4% |
| 2016 | 8.8% | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 8.2% | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 7.6% | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 5.5% | -15.8% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 5.5% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 17.6% | +220.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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 | +220.1% | 5.5% | 17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.6% | 21.6% | 21.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 16.9% | 15.3% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 7.1% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.1% | 5.4% | 17.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- 76 Brazil 4.5% compare
- 77 Switzerland 4.1% compare
- 78 United States 4.1% compare
- 79 Bangladesh 3.9% compare
- 80 Saudi Arabia 3.8% compare
- 81 Costa Rica 3.8% compare
- 82 Romania 3.7% compare
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 17.6% 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 21.6% in 1999.
- 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 5.4% in 2022.
- 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 79th 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 up 43.6%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release