School enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): School enrollment, secondary was 97.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 97.8% for school enrollment, secondary in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 98.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 78.8%, in 1999.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % gross | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 78.8% | — |
| 2000 | 80.0% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 81.0% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 88.0% | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 85.2% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 86.9% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 87.1% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 85.2% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 86.4% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 87.6% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 88.6% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 89.6% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 90.1% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 90.1% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 94.9% | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 95.0% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 95.3% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 96.5% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 97.1% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 98.0% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 97.9% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 97.3% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 97.4% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 96.9% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 97.4% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 97.8% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.8% | 78.8% | 78.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 85.6% | 80.0% | 88.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.5% | 89.6% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.3% | 96.9% | 97.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 10 Denmark 125.6% compare
- 11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 124.9% compare
- 12 Aruba 124.4% compare
- 13 Costa Rica 121.8% compare
- 14 United States Virgin Islands 121.7%
- 15 Portugal 120.3% compare
- 16 Turks and Caicos Islands 119.7% compare
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- School enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 97.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, secondary recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 98.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, secondary recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.8% in 1999.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for school enrollment, secondary?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school enrollment, secondary rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, secondary (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.