Primary completion rate, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Primary completion rate, male was 95.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary completion rate, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 95.6%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 100.1% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 90.0%, in 1999.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 90.0% | — |
| 2000 | 90.4% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 90.0% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 91.6% | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 92.2% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 93.0% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 94.0% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 95.3% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 96.8% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 97.1% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 98.4% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 99.1% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 99.3% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 99.9% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 99.6% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 100.1% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 98.7% | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 98.2% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 96.9% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 95.7% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 95.0% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 94.8% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 95.5% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 94.6% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 95.8% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 95.6% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.0% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 93.9% | 90.0% | 98.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.3% | 95.0% | 100.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.2% | 94.6% | 95.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 10 Albania 107.4% compare
- 11 Costa Rica 106.8% compare
- 12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 106.7% compare
- 13 Tonga 106.5% compare
- 14 Morocco 105.7% compare
- 15 Guyana 105.4% compare
- 16 Montenegro 105.0% compare
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Primary completion rate, male in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 95.6% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 100.1% in 2014.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.0% in 1999.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, male (% 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.