Progression to secondary school, male in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Progression to secondary school, male was 96.0% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school, male in Latin America & Caribbean, 1970–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for progression to secondary school, male in Latin America & Caribbean is 96.0%, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school, male in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 96.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 65.0%, in 1970.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 16th of 42 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Progression to secondary school, male in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 65.0% | — |
| 1971 | 71.1% | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 87.0% | +22.4% |
| 1988 | 87.4% | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 88.6% | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 89.4% | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 90.9% | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 91.9% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 91.1% | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 92.0% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 92.4% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 92.7% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 93.3% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 94.3% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 94.7% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 94.8% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 95.9% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 95.4% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 94.8% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 94.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 94.9% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 95.1% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 95.0% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 95.5% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 95.4% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 95.5% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 95.4% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 95.6% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 95.7% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 95.5% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 95.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 95.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 96.0% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68.0% | 65.0% | 71.1% | 2 |
| 1980s | 87.7% | 87.0% | 88.6% | 3 |
| 1990s | 92.3% | 89.4% | 94.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 95.2% | 94.8% | 95.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.6% | 95.4% | 96.0% | 8 |
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 61.44 million (2024)
- 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, annual growth rate -0.1923 % change on previous year (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)
- Population ages 0-14 22.1% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0928 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school, male in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Progression to secondary school, male in Latin America & Caribbean was 96.0% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 96.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.0% in 1970.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for progression to secondary school, male?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 16th out of 42 groups with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school, male rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Progression to secondary school, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).