Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) is 7.8%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.0% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 8.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 1997.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 12th 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3.6% | — |
| 1998 | 3.6% | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 3.6% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 3.9% | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 4.0% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 4.2% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 5.2% | +26.3% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 4.6% | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 5.0% | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 5.1% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 5.5% | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 5.2% | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 5.5% | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 5.5% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 6.1% | +10.6% |
| 2013 | 6.1% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 6.4% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 7.2% | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 6.9% | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 6.8% | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 5.9% | -12.9% |
| 2022 | 6.6% | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 8.4% | +27.4% |
| 2024 | 7.8% | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 3.9% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 5.5% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.1% | 5.9% | 8.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- 9 Puerto Rico 15.2% compare
- 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.2% compare
- 11 Croatia 13.0% compare
- 12 Australia 8.2% compare
- 13 Congo 7.2% compare
- 14 Netherlands 6.6% compare
- 15 Ireland 6.3% compare
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4904 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8527 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2209 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.36 million (2024)
All data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 1997.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 12th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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