Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 7.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) stood at 7.9%. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 7.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 1999.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) ranks 3rd of 221 groups on this measure, 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 (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3.6% | — |
| 1998 | 3.7% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 3.6% | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 3.8% | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 4.0% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 4.1% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 5.2% | +25.2% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 4.5% | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 4.8% | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 5.2% | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 4.9% | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 5.2% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 5.2% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 5.8% | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 5.8% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 6.6% | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 6.9% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 6.6% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 7.2% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 6.4% | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 5.6% | -13.0% |
| 2022 | 6.2% | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 7.9% | +27.0% |
| 2024 | 7.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.6% | 3.8% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 5.2% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.8% | 5.6% | 7.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3032 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 30.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4878 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.44 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.1513 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) was 7.9% 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 1999.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) ranks 3rd 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 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