Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Latin America
MDG: Latin America: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 8.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Latin America, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Latin America recorded 8.1% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Latin America peaked at 8.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 1999.
That places MDG: Latin America 2nd 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 MDG: Latin America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3.7% | — |
| 1998 | 3.8% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 3.7% | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 3.9% | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 4.1% | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 4.2% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 5.3% | +25.5% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 4.7% | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 5.0% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 5.4% | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 5.0% | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 5.3% | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 5.9% | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 6.3% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 6.8% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 7.2% | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 7.4% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 5.8% | -13.1% |
| 2022 | 6.4% | +10.8% |
| 2023 | 8.1% | +26.9% |
| 2024 | 8.1% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.7% | 3.9% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.4% | 5.3% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 5.8% | 8.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Latin America
More education data for MDG: Latin America
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 30.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6143 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7521 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3227 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4791 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Latin America?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Latin America was 8.1% 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: Latin America?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 1999.
- How does MDG: Latin America rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- MDG: Latin America ranks 2nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in MDG: Latin America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Latin America 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