School enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: School enrollment, secondary was 98.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean, 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean is 98.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 98.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 78.0%, in 1999.
That places Latin America & Caribbean 10th out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % gross | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 78.0% | — |
| 2000 | 79.4% | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 80.5% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 87.2% | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 84.7% | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 86.4% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 86.6% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 85.0% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 86.1% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 87.3% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 88.2% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 89.2% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 89.7% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 89.8% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 94.8% | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 94.9% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 95.1% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 96.1% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 96.5% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 97.6% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 97.6% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 97.1% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 97.4% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 97.1% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 97.5% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 98.0% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.0% | 78.0% | 78.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 85.1% | 79.4% | 88.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.1% | 89.2% | 97.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.4% | 97.1% | 98.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.005 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 3.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 104.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4876 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean?
- School enrollment, secondary in Latin America & Caribbean was 98.0% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 98.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, secondary recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.0% in 1999.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for school enrollment, secondary?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 10th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school enrollment, secondary rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean 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.