Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 0.3092 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) stood at 0.3092 GPIA. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 75.2% on the previous year and down 60.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 1.31 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.3092 GPIA, in 2024.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 189th of 214 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.5185 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.7509 GPIA | +44.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8873 GPIA | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 0.7807 GPIA | -12.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8514 GPIA | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7765 GPIA | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 0.5736 GPIA | -26.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5778 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5946 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.6038 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.6468 GPIA | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6269 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.657 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7175 GPIA | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9652 GPIA | +34.5% |
| 2014 | 0.7746 GPIA | -19.7% |
| 2015 | 1.08 GPIA | +39.9% |
| 2016 | 1.12 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 1.14 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.16 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1.19 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 1.23 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 1.31 GPIA | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 1.31 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.25 GPIA | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 0.3092 GPIA | -75.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 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 | -75.2% | 1.25 GPIA | 0.3092 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5185 GPIA | 0.5185 GPIA | 0.5185 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7043 GPIA | 0.5736 GPIA | 0.8873 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9441 GPIA | 0.6269 GPIA | 1.19 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 GPIA | 0.3092 GPIA | 1.31 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 primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 0.3092 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.31 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3092 GPIA in 2024.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 189th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 primary 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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February 2026 Data Release