Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean
WB: Latin America & 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & 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.
Compared with earlier readings it 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 6.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 1999.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 8th 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, 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean
- 5 Costa Rica 20.9% compare
- 6 Uruguay 20.7% compare
- 7 Honduras 18.6% compare
- 8 Belgium 16.7% compare
- 9 Puerto Rico 15.2% compare
- 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.2% compare
- 11 Croatia 10.4% compare
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5652 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 740,755 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 31.11 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4451 % 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?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & 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 WB: Latin America & 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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 1999.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 8th 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?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & 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