School age population, lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): School age population, lower secondary education, female was 16.94 million in 2024. ▼ Falling
School age population, lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) is 16.94 million, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 18.22 million in 2008 and was at its lowest, 16.91 million, in 2022.
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 114th 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 17.64 million | — |
| 2000 | 17.70 million | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 17.81 million | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 17.92 million | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 18.03 million | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 18.10 million | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 18.15 million | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 18.18 million | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 18.21 million | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 18.22 million | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 18.21 million | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 18.17 million | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 18.14 million | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 18.12 million | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 17.79 million | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 17.74 million | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 17.49 million | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 17.40 million | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 17.29 million | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 17.21 million | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 17.10 million | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 17.02 million | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 17.00 million | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 16.91 million | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 16.93 million | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 16.94 million | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.64 million | 17.64 million | 17.64 million | 1 |
| 2000s | 18.05 million | 17.70 million | 18.22 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.65 million | 17.10 million | 18.17 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.96 million | 16.91 million | 17.02 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 740,763 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 6.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School age population, lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 16.94 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, lower secondary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 18.22 million in 2008.
- What is the lowest school age population, lower secondary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.91 million in 2022.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school age population, lower secondary education, female?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 114th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, lower secondary education, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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