Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 23.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) recorded 23.1% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 26.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 2003.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 110th 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 (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 23.0% | — |
| 1998 | 26.0% | +13.2% |
| 1999 | 19.2% | -26.3% |
| 2000 | 20.7% | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 18.5% | -10.4% |
| 2002 | 14.1% | -23.8% |
| 2003 | 13.9% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 16.1% | +15.9% |
| 2005 | 16.2% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 16.6% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 17.2% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 18.0% | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 18.7% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 19.2% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 18.6% | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 19.1% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 21.8% | +14.2% |
| 2014 | 21.8% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 22.2% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 22.5% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 22.6% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 22.4% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 22.5% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 22.5% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 22.3% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 22.3% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 22.7% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 23.1% | +1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 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 | -26.3% | 26.0% | 19.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.7% | 19.2% | 26.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 17.0% | 13.9% | 20.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.3% | 18.6% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.6% | 22.3% | 23.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3032 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 30.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4878 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.44 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.1513 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) was 23.1% 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 26.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 2003.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) ranks 110th 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 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