Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 6.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean is 6.0%, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 6.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 1997.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 3rd of 45 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2.9% | — |
| 1998 | 3.0% | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 3.5% | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 3.6% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 4.3% | +18.3% |
| 2004 | 4.1% | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 3.9% | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 4.0% | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 4.6% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 4.6% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | +9.8% |
| 2013 | 5.1% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 5.3% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 5.7% | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 6.0% | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 6.0% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.1% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.0% | 3.5% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 4.5% | 6.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 61.44 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1923 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0928 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean was 6.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 6.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 1997.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 3rd out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the lower secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the lower secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.