Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female was 87.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) stood at 87.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 88.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 47.0%, in 1974.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 81st out of 220 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 47.1% | — |
| 1971 | 47.5% | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 48.2% | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 47.2% | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 47.0% | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 49.7% | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 57.6% | +15.8% |
| 1977 | 56.3% | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 56.0% | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 55.5% | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 54.0% | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 57.7% | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 61.6% | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 62.6% | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 58.2% | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 61.8% | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 62.1% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 62.9% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 64.7% | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 65.6% | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 68.1% | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 71.0% | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 69.4% | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 71.8% | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 72.1% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 74.9% | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 76.4% | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 77.5% | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 78.1% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 79.2% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 78.8% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 81.6% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 81.3% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 81.7% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 81.5% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 82.3% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 83.4% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 83.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 84.8% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 84.7% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 84.5% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 83.8% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 83.3% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 85.6% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 86.5% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 86.4% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 87.2% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 87.3% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 87.8% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 87.5% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 88.1% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 87.8% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 87.5% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 87.8% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 51.2% | 47.0% | 57.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 61.1% | 54.0% | 65.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.9% | 68.1% | 79.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 82.4% | 78.8% | 84.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.0% | 83.3% | 87.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.8% | 87.5% | 88.1% | 4 |
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 survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 87.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 88.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.0% in 1974.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 81st out of 220 groups with data for 2023.
- Is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. 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 Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release