School age population, tertiary education, female (number) (tertiary) in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): School age population, tertiary education, female (number) (tertiary) was 25.54 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
25.54 million
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
112th
of 221 groups
All-time high
26.49 million
in 2016
All-time low
24.03 million
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School age population, tertiary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) recorded 25.54 million for school age population, tertiary education, female in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, tertiary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 26.49 million in 2016 and was at its lowest, 24.03 million, in 1999.
That places ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 112th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School age population, tertiary education, female (number) (tertiary) in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 24.03 million | — |
| 2000 | 24.12 million | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 24.27 million | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 24.42 million | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 24.58 million | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 24.74 million | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 24.90 million | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 25.07 million | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 25.25 million | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 25.45 million | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 25.65 million | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 25.83 million | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 25.98 million | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 26.10 million | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 26.31 million | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 26.42 million | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 26.48 million | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 26.49 million | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 26.47 million | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 26.37 million | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 26.28 million | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 25.92 million | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 25.87 million | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 25.84 million | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 25.51 million | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 25.54 million | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.03 million | 24.03 million | 24.03 million | 1 |
| 2000s | 24.84 million | 24.12 million | 25.65 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.27 million | 25.83 million | 26.49 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.74 million | 25.51 million | 25.92 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- 109 Mauritania 247,858 compare
- 110 Turkmenistan 236,359 compare
- 111 Lebanon 235,961 compare
- 112 Austria 230,341 compare
- 113 Switzerland 220,964 compare
- 114 Belarus 219,825 compare
- 115 Eritrea 199,179 compare
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4573 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 30.82 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 730,940 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.76 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, tertiary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- School age population, tertiary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 25.54 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 26.49 million in 2016.
- What is the lowest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.03 million in 1999.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for school age population, tertiary education, female?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 112th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, tertiary education, female rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release