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 6.6% 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
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) stood at 6.6%. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 24.1% 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 6.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 1999.
That places ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 15th 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 | 3.3% | — |
| 1998 | 3.4% | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 3.5% | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 3.6% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 4.3% | +18.6% |
| 2004 | 4.1% | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 3.9% | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 4.2% | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 4.6% | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 4.6% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 5.3% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 5.7% | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 6.0% | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 6.1% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 5.4% | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 4.5% | -17.9% |
| 2022 | 5.1% | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 6.5% | +28.8% |
| 2024 | 6.6% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.0% | 3.5% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 4.5% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 4.5% | 6.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.53 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, both sexes (number) -2.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.76 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.00 million (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 6.6% 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 6.6% 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 3.3% 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 15th 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 24.1%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release