Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean: 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 SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean recorded 6.6% 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 1.5% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 6.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 1999.
That places SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 9th 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 SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3.3% | — |
| 1998 | 3.4% | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 3.5% | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 3.6% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 4.3% | +18.3% |
| 2004 | 4.1% | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 3.9% | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 4.2% | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 4.6% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 4.6% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 5.1% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 5.3% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 5.7% | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 6.0% | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 6.1% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 5.5% | -10.6% |
| 2021 | 4.5% | -17.6% |
| 2022 | 5.1% | +13.3% |
| 2023 | 6.5% | +28.4% |
| 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 SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
More education data for SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4451 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5652 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 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 SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- 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 SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 1999.
- How does SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 9th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Latin America and the 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release