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 6.5% 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
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) recorded 6.5% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% on the previous year and up 15.6% 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 7.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.2%, in 1997.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 17th 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 (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3.2% | — |
| 1998 | 3.3% | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 3.2% | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 3.5% | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 3.6% | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 4.4% | +20.2% |
| 2004 | 4.2% | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 4.5% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 4.9% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 4.5% | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 4.8% | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 4.8% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 5.3% | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 5.6% | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 5.9% | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 6.1% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 6.3% | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 5.8% | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 4.7% | -17.8% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | +29.1% |
| 2024 | 6.5% | -6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.2% | 3.5% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.7% | 4.8% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 4.7% | 7.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- 14 Netherlands 7.1% compare
- 15 Equatorial Guinea 6.4% compare
- 16 Lebanon 6.4% compare
- 17 Dominica 6.0% compare
- 18 Niger 6.0% compare
- 19 British Virgin Islands 5.8% compare
- 20 Antigua and Barbuda 5.8% 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 6.5% 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 7.0% 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 3.2% 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 17th 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 15.6%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release