Primary completion rate, female in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Primary completion rate, female was 97.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 97.1% for primary completion rate, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 100.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 90.2%, in 1999.
That places Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 8th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 90.2% | — |
| 2000 | 90.6% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 90.8% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 92.8% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 93.2% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 94.0% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 95.2% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 96.4% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 98.2% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 98.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 99.0% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 99.5% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 99.7% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 100.5% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 100.2% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 98.5% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 98.0% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 96.8% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 96.0% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 95.9% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 96.1% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 96.8% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 96.5% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 96.8% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 97.1% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.2% | 90.2% | 90.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 94.8% | 90.6% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.5% | 95.9% | 100.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.7% | 96.1% | 97.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 111.3% compare
- 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
More education data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.22 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 62.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 60.53 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1513 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0936 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.3% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
All data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Primary completion rate, female in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 97.1% 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 100.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.2% in 1999.
- How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 8th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.