School age population, lower secondary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): School age population, lower secondary education, female was 16.70 million in 2024. ▼ Falling
School age population, lower secondary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) recorded 16.70 million for school age population, lower secondary education, female in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, lower secondary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 17.92 million in 2008 and was at its lowest, 16.68 million, in 2022.
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 120th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
School age population, lower secondary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 17.34 million | — |
| 2000 | 17.39 million | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 17.50 million | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 17.61 million | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 17.72 million | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 17.80 million | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 17.85 million | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 17.88 million | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 17.91 million | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 17.92 million | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 17.91 million | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 17.88 million | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 17.86 million | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 17.84 million | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 17.52 million | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 17.48 million | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 17.23 million | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 17.14 million | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 17.04 million | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 16.96 million | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 16.86 million | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 16.78 million | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 16.76 million | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 16.68 million | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 16.69 million | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 16.70 million | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.34 million | 17.34 million | 17.34 million | 1 |
| 2000s | 17.75 million | 17.39 million | 17.92 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.38 million | 16.86 million | 17.88 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.72 million | 16.68 million | 16.78 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 31.52 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 30.97 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.10 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, lower secondary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- School age population, lower secondary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 16.70 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, lower secondary education, female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.92 million in 2008.
- What is the lowest school age population, lower secondary education, female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.68 million in 2022.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for school age population, lower secondary education, female?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 120th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, lower secondary education, female rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, lower secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release