Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean
MDG: Caribbean: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Caribbean recorded 1.4% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
The figure is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 104.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 2.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2016.
MDG: Caribbean ranks 91st of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2.1% | — |
| 1998 | 2.1% | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 2.2% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 2.0% | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 1.8% | -9.9% |
| 2002 | 1.3% | -26.7% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -27.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | -11.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | -14.6% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -8.8% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | +19.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +58.9% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -49.7% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +23.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +15.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | +18.3% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | +5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.6728 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.4594 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 89,990 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -4.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 727,761 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean was 1.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2016.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 91st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in MDG: Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 104.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this MDG: Caribbean 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