Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 23.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean recorded 23.4% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean peaked at 26.6% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 15.1%, in 2003.
That places UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 104th 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 UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 23.6% | — |
| 1998 | 26.6% | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 19.9% | -25.1% |
| 2000 | 21.5% | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 19.5% | -9.5% |
| 2002 | 15.3% | -21.7% |
| 2003 | 15.1% | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 17.0% | +12.9% |
| 2005 | 17.2% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 17.5% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 18.1% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 18.8% | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 19.4% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 19.9% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 19.3% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 19.8% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 22.4% | +13.5% |
| 2014 | 22.3% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 23.0% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 23.1% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 22.9% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 23.0% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 23.0% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 22.8% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 22.9% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 23.1% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 23.4% | +1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 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 | -25.1% | 26.6% | 19.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.3% | 19.9% | 26.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 18.0% | 15.1% | 21.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.8% | 19.3% | 23.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.1% | 22.8% | 23.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
More education data for UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 30.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.84 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.30 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 736,275 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4491 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.26 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean was 23.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 26.6% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.1% in 2003.
- How does UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean ranks 104th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Latin America and 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release