Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 22.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 22.5%.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 24.9% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 13.2%, in 2002.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 23.6% | — |
| 1998 | 24.9% | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 16.2% | -35.1% |
| 2000 | 16.2% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 14.6% | -9.5% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 13.8% | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 14.9% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 15.8% | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 16.5% | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 17.3% | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 18.0% | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 18.6% | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 18.1% | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 18.6% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 21.0% | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 21.0% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 21.5% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 21.9% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 22.0% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 22.5% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 22.5% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.6% | 16.2% | 24.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 15.5% | 13.2% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.8% | 18.1% | 22.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 22.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 24.9% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.2% in 2002.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.