Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male was 84.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
84.7%
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
88th
of 220 groups
All-time high
85.0%
in 2020
All-time low
44.4%
in 1974
Years of data
54
1970–2023
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 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, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) stood at 84.7%.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 85.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 44.4%, in 1974.
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 88th of 220 groups on this measure, 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, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 45.9% | — |
| 1971 | 44.9% | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 45.2% | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 44.6% | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 44.4% | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 47.3% | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 52.0% | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 51.2% | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 51.4% | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 50.6% | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 49.4% | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 53.0% | +7.3% |
| 1982 | 56.8% | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 57.8% | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 52.9% | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 58.0% | +9.6% |
| 1986 | 58.4% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 58.3% | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 60.1% | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 61.1% | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 63.6% | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 66.6% | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 65.6% | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 68.4% | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 68.1% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 70.7% | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 71.2% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 72.2% | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 72.8% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 75.0% | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 74.4% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 77.5% | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 77.3% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 77.5% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 78.9% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 78.5% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 79.2% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 79.8% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 81.5% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 81.5% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 81.3% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 80.5% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 80.1% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 81.8% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 82.8% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 82.2% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 84.4% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 84.0% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 84.3% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 84.2% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 85.0% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 84.6% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 84.4% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 84.7% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 47.7% | 44.4% | 52.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 56.6% | 49.4% | 61.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 69.4% | 63.6% | 75.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.6% | 74.4% | 81.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.6% | 80.1% | 84.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.7% | 84.4% | 85.0% | 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, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 84.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 85.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.4% in 1974.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 88th out of 220 groups with data for 2023.
- Is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release