School age population, tertiary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): School age population, tertiary education, female was 25.94 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, tertiary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) recorded 25.94 million for school age population, tertiary education, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, tertiary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 26.94 million in 2016 and was at its lowest, 24.51 million, in 1999.
That places ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 104th 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 in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 24.51 million | — |
| 2000 | 24.60 million | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 24.75 million | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 24.90 million | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 25.06 million | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 25.22 million | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 25.37 million | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 25.54 million | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 25.72 million | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 25.91 million | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 26.12 million | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 26.30 million | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 26.45 million | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 26.57 million | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 26.78 million | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 26.88 million | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 26.93 million | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 26.94 million | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 26.91 million | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 26.79 million | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 26.70 million | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 26.33 million | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 26.28 million | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 26.24 million | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 25.91 million | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 25.94 million | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.51 million | 24.51 million | 24.51 million | 1 |
| 2000s | 25.32 million | 24.60 million | 26.12 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.72 million | 26.30 million | 26.94 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.14 million | 25.91 million | 26.33 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- 101 Paraguay 281,452 compare
- 102 El Salvador 279,642 compare
- 103 Kyrgyzstan 271,574 compare
- 104 Portugal 269,074 compare
- 105 Palestine, State of 263,758 compare
- 106 Czechia 260,548 compare
- 107 Greece 255,854 compare
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- 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 31.91 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.91 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 31.38 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.29 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.69 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, tertiary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School age population, tertiary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 25.94 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 26.94 million in 2016.
- What is the lowest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.51 million in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school age population, tertiary education, female?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 104th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, tertiary education, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release