Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 56.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 56.1% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 62.5% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 43.3%, in 1997.
That places GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 43.3% | — |
| 1998 | 55.7% | +28.7% |
| 1999 | 57.2% | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 59.1% | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 60.0% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 59.5% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 60.5% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 61.2% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 62.5% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 61.2% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 60.8% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 59.5% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 58.1% | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 57.8% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 58.8% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 56.9% | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 57.9% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 56.7% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 53.3% | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 54.4% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 51.8% | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 52.3% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 52.2% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 52.3% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 53.8% | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 55.2% | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 55.6% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 56.1% | +1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +28.7% | 43.3% | 55.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.1% | 43.3% | 57.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 60.2% | 58.1% | 62.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.2% | 51.8% | 58.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.6% | 52.3% | 56.1% | 5 |
More education data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 7.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 320,705 (2024)
All data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 56.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 62.5% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.3% in 1997.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release