Primary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Primary completion rate, female was 97.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean, 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean stood at 97.0%.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 100.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 90.4%, in 1999.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 9th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 90.4% | — |
| 2000 | 90.7% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 90.9% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 92.9% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 93.2% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 94.0% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 95.2% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 96.4% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 98.2% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 98.1% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 98.9% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 99.4% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 99.6% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 100.4% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 99.9% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 100.1% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 98.5% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 97.9% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 96.7% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 95.9% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 95.8% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 96.1% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 96.7% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 96.4% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 96.7% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 97.0% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.4% | 90.4% | 90.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 94.8% | 90.7% | 98.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.4% | 95.8% | 100.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.6% | 96.1% | 97.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
- 6 Hungary 110.0% compare
- 7 Tonga 109.8% compare
- 8 Nepal 108.9% compare
- 9 Cayman Islands 108.8% compare
- 10 Montenegro 108.7% compare
- 11 Tuvalu 108.2% compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 107.8% compare
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 61.44 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1923 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0928 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.1% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Primary completion rate, female in Latin America & Caribbean was 97.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 100.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.4% in 1999.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 9th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.