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 23.9% 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
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) stood at 23.9%.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 12.4% 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 26.7% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 13.3%, in 2002.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 74th 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 | 23.2% | — |
| 1998 | 26.7% | +15.1% |
| 1999 | 19.0% | -28.8% |
| 2000 | 20.0% | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 17.6% | -12.0% |
| 2002 | 13.3% | -24.6% |
| 2003 | 13.9% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 14.8% | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 15.0% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 15.5% | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 16.5% | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 17.3% | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 18.0% | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 18.7% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 18.2% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 18.8% | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 21.3% | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 21.3% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 21.9% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 22.3% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 22.4% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 22.8% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 23.0% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 23.1% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 23.0% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 23.3% | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 24.0% | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 23.9% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.0% | 19.0% | 26.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 16.2% | 13.3% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.1% | 18.2% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.5% | 23.0% | 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 23.9% 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 26.7% 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 13.3% 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 74th 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 12.4%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release