Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 23.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) stood at 23.5%.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 26.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 15.0%, in 2003.
That places ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 94th 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 23.4% | — |
| 1998 | 26.4% | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 19.8% | -25.1% |
| 2000 | 21.4% | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 19.4% | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 15.2% | -21.6% |
| 2003 | 15.0% | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 17.0% | +12.9% |
| 2005 | 17.1% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 17.5% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 18.1% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 18.8% | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 19.3% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 19.8% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 19.3% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 22.4% | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 22.3% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 22.9% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 23.0% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 22.9% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 23.0% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 23.0% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 22.9% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 22.9% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 23.2% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 23.5% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.2% | 19.8% | 26.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 17.9% | 15.0% | 21.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.8% | 19.3% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.1% | 22.9% | 23.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4451 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5652 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 31.11 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3433 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 23.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 26.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.0% in 2003.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 94th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release