Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 23.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) is 23.8%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 27.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 12.8%, in 2002.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 65th 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 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 23.8% | — |
| 1998 | 27.4% | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 19.6% | -28.7% |
| 2000 | 19.9% | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 17.3% | -12.9% |
| 2002 | 12.8% | -26.1% |
| 2003 | 14.2% | +10.8% |
| 2004 | 13.9% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 14.3% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 15.1% | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 16.3% | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 17.0% | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 17.7% | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 18.4% | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 18.0% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 18.6% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 20.6% | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 20.6% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 21.3% | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 21.8% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 21.9% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 22.4% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 22.6% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 22.8% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 22.7% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 23.3% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 24.0% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 23.8% | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | -28.7% | 27.4% | 19.6% |
| 2002 | -26.1% | 17.3% | 12.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.6% | 19.6% | 27.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 15.9% | 12.8% | 19.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.6% | 18.0% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.3% | 22.7% | 24.0% | 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 upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 23.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 27.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.8% in 2002.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 65th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. 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 upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release