Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 7.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) recorded 7.8% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 7.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 1999.
That places ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 4th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3.6% | — |
| 1998 | 3.7% | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 3.6% | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 3.9% | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 4.0% | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 4.1% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 5.1% | +24.8% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 4.5% | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 4.8% | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 5.2% | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 4.9% | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 5.1% | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 5.2% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 5.8% | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 5.8% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 6.6% | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 6.8% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 6.5% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 7.2% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 6.4% | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 5.6% | -13.1% |
| 2022 | 6.2% | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 7.8% | +27.1% |
| 2024 | 7.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.6% | 3.9% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 5.1% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.8% | 5.6% | 7.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
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, 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.76 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4573 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 7.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 1999.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 4th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. 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 Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release