Progression to secondary school in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Progression to secondary school was 94.9% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1970–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2017, progression to secondary school in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) stood at 94.9%. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 94.9% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 64.0%, in 1970.
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 18th of 42 groups on this measure, 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 64.0% | — |
| 1971 | 70.7% | +10.6% |
| 1972 | 79.2% | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 79.3% | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 79.9% | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 80.4% | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 82.2% | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 82.4% | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 84.1% | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 85.4% | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 83.7% | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 87.4% | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 86.8% | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 82.4% | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 83.0% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 84.9% | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 85.2% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 85.6% | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 86.1% | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 87.3% | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 88.2% | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 89.7% | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 90.7% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 89.7% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 90.6% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 90.9% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 91.3% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 91.8% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 93.0% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 93.5% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 93.8% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 94.9% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 94.5% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 94.0% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 94.2% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 94.5% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 94.4% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 94.8% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 94.6% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 94.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 94.5% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 94.7% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 94.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 94.6% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 94.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 94.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 94.9% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 78.8% | 64.0% | 85.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 85.2% | 82.4% | 87.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 91.0% | 88.2% | 93.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 94.4% | 93.8% | 94.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.7% | 94.5% | 94.9% | 8 |
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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 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.3% (2025)
All data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Progression to secondary school in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 94.9% 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 94.9% in 2017.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.0% in 1970.
- How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for progression to secondary school?
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 18th out of 42 groups with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 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).