Progression to secondary school in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Progression to secondary school was 95.0% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school in Latin America & Caribbean, 1970–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean recorded 95.0% for progression to secondary school in 2017. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 95.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 63.4%, in 1970.
That places Latin America & Caribbean 13th out of 40 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Progression to secondary school in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 63.4% | — |
| 1971 | 69.9% | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 79.2% | +13.3% |
| 1973 | 79.3% | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 79.9% | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 80.5% | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 82.4% | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 82.8% | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 84.3% | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 85.7% | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 84.0% | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 87.7% | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 87.0% | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 82.8% | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 83.4% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 85.2% | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 85.4% | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 85.9% | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 86.3% | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 87.5% | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 88.4% | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 89.8% | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 90.8% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 89.8% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 90.6% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 91.0% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 91.3% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 91.9% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 93.0% | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 93.5% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 93.7% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 94.8% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 94.4% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 94.0% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 94.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 94.1% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 94.4% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 94.3% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 94.8% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 94.6% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 94.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 94.5% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 94.7% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 94.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 94.7% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 94.8% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 94.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 95.0% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 78.7% | 63.4% | 85.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 85.5% | 82.8% | 87.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 91.0% | 88.4% | 93.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 94.3% | 93.7% | 94.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.7% | 94.5% | 95.0% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.005 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 3.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 104.6% (2024)
- Labor force, female 42.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Progression to secondary school in Latin America & Caribbean was 95.0% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 95.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.4% in 1970.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for progression to secondary school?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 13th out of 40 groups with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. 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 (%). 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).