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 24.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
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 24.6% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 59.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 27.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 2014.
That places MDG: Caribbean 72nd 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 MDG: Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 19.8% | — |
| 1998 | 18.7% | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 17.3% | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 17.7% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 18.4% | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 19.9% | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 20.5% | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 19.2% | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 19.5% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 19.1% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 17.8% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 17.2% | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 16.0% | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 16.1% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 16.8% | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 16.7% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 17.0% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 15.5% | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 15.6% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 17.9% | +14.6% |
| 2017 | 18.6% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 21.4% | +15.3% |
| 2019 | 23.0% | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 25.0% | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 26.4% | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 27.0% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 25.1% | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 24.6% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.6% | 17.3% | 19.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 18.5% | 16.0% | 20.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.9% | 15.5% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.6% | 24.6% | 27.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Caribbean
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.6728 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -5.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -4.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.4594 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,098 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 727,761 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 89,990 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -5.05 % change on previous year (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 24.6% 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 27.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 2014.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 72nd 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 up 59.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release