Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean
MDG: Caribbean: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 74.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Caribbean recorded 74.8% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 82.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 71.5%, in 2022.
That places MDG: Caribbean 136th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 MDG: Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 79.4% | — |
| 1998 | 79.4% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 80.2% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 79.5% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 79.0% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 76.0% | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 75.9% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 78.5% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 78.5% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 78.9% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 79.6% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 80.3% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 81.4% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 80.9% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 80.3% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 80.5% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 80.2% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 82.5% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 82.6% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 80.0% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 79.3% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 76.7% | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 75.2% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 73.2% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 72.1% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 71.5% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 74.0% | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 74.8% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79.7% | 79.4% | 80.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 78.7% | 75.9% | 81.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.8% | 75.2% | 82.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.1% | 71.5% | 74.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Caribbean
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,098 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.6728 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.4594 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -5.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 727,761 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 419,656 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -4.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.40 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean was 74.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 82.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.5% in 2022.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 136th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in MDG: Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this MDG: Caribbean 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release