Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 15.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd), 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 (ida & Ibrd) is 15.8%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 178.3% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 21.3% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5.6%, in 2022.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) ranks 87th 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 (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 21.3% | — |
| 2000 | 16.7% | -21.5% |
| 2001 | 15.9% | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 16.3% | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 15.7% | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 15.9% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 19.1% | +20.3% |
| 2006 | 18.8% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 17.9% | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 18.2% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 16.5% | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 15.9% | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 14.8% | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 13.2% | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 11.4% | -13.4% |
| 2014 | 12.1% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 9.7% | -20.2% |
| 2016 | 8.8% | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 8.3% | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 8.0% | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 7.4% | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 6.8% | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 5.8% | -15.4% |
| 2022 | 5.6% | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 5.7% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 15.8% | +178.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 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 | +178.3% | 5.7% | 15.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.3% | 21.3% | 21.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 17.1% | 15.7% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 7.4% | 15.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.9% | 5.6% | 15.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3032 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 30.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4878 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.44 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.1513 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) was 15.8% 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 21.3% in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6% in 2022.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) ranks 87th 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 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