Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 87.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) is 87.3%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 93.2% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 73.7%, in 1970.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 141st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 73.7% | — |
| 1971 | 79.1% | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 80.9% | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 81.6% | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 83.3% | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 81.2% | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 81.3% | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 80.9% | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 82.2% | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 83.2% | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 83.0% | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 82.8% | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 82.5% | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 82.6% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 81.8% | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 81.2% | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 82.1% | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 82.5% | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 83.0% | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 83.7% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 84.3% | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 85.4% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 85.7% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 86.5% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 87.4% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 88.2% | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 88.9% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 89.9% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 88.7% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 92.4% | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 91.9% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 92.4% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 93.2% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 93.0% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 92.1% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 92.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 91.7% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 91.5% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 91.0% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 91.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 90.6% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 90.6% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 90.1% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 88.8% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 88.6% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 88.3% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 88.1% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 88.0% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 87.7% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 87.6% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 87.9% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 88.5% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 88.1% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 87.1% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 87.3% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 80.7% | 73.7% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 82.5% | 81.2% | 83.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 87.7% | 84.3% | 92.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 92.0% | 91.0% | 93.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.8% | 87.6% | 90.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.8% | 87.1% | 88.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
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 secondary education enrolled in general in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 87.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 93.2% in 2002.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.7% in 1970.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 141st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. 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 secondary education enrolled in general programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release