Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 0.1713 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) recorded 0.1713 GPIA for proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 81.3% on the previous year and down 76.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 0.9143 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1713 GPIA, in 2024.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 199th out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.7195 GPIA | — |
| 2012 | 0.6563 GPIA | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 0.7935 GPIA | +20.9% |
| 2014 | 0.7278 GPIA | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7981 GPIA | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 0.796 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.7923 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.7991 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8026 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8169 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.8461 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 0.895 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9143 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 0.1713 GPIA | -81.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -81.3% | 0.9143 GPIA | 0.1713 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.765 GPIA | 0.6563 GPIA | 0.8026 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.7287 GPIA | 0.1713 GPIA | 0.9143 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4904 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8527 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2209 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.36 million (2024)
All data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 0.1713 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9143 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1713 GPIA in 2024.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 199th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release