Education in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024

498 indicators covering education for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 8.74 years 2024 down 4.6% 86th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9992 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% 52nd
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 40.7% 2024 down 3.2% 165th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2024 down 5.0% 37th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 39.1% 2024 up 2.7% 196th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 3.0% 2024 up 2.7% 56th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 2.8% 2024 up 3.1% 31st
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 97.0% 2024 down 0.1% 166th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 97.2% 2024 down 0.1% 191st
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 55.3% 2024 down 2.4% 206th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 2.9% 2024 up 2.8% 40th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 44.7% 2024 up 3.1% 16th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 915,300 2025 up 31.0% 30th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 13.4% 2025 up 27.6% 13th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 54.5% 2024 down 3.9% 203rd
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 56.1% 2024 down 0.9% 216th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 45.5% 2024 up 5.1% 19th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 43.9% 2024 up 1.2% 6th
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 126,292 2024 up 2.8% 195th
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 59,545 2024 up 40.0% 169th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 82 2023 down 32.2% 211th
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 104,379 2024 up 17.9% 194th
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 12.7% 2025 down 25.9% 23rd
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 99,090 2024 up 35.5% 170th
Teachers in lower secondary education, female 75,240 2024 up 9.2% 194th
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 59.6% 2024 up 6.2% 84th
Teachers in lower secondary education, male 51,052 2024 down 5.4% 199th
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 37.2% 2024 up 23.8% 167th
Teachers in upper secondary education, female 38,837 2024 up 46.0% 196th
Teachers in upper secondary education, male 65,543 2024 up 5.9% 193rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 12 2023 up 300.0% 214th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 19,140 2023 up 67.6% 202nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 1,160 2023 up 689.1% 206th
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 37,359 2023 up 23.7% 207th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 37.2% 206th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 1,742 2024 up 38.3% 212th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 763.08 2024 up 91.7% 212th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male 978.95 2024 up 13.6% 212th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 266.7% 209th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 629.3% 197th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.4% 2023 up 54.9% 152nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.7% 2023 up 14.4% 174th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 11 2023 down 15.4% 219th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes 171,753 2024 up 7.6% 194th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female 103,142 2024 up 12.7% 186th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male 68,610 2024 up 0.8% 199th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, female 420,100 2025 up 25.7% 30th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, male 495,200 2025 up 35.7% 30th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 12.6% 2025 up 23.5% 16th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 14.3% 2025 up 32.4% 12th
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes 16,921 2023 up 32.3% 201st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 23.1% 216th
Inbound mobility rate, both sexes (UIS estimate) 1.3% 2023 down 4.0% 136th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 14,609 2023 down 9.1% 50th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 16,391 2023 down 9.5% 49th
School age population, early childhood educational development 1.49 million 2024 down 6.0% 122nd
School age population, early childhood educational development 1.54 million 2024 down 6.0% 122nd
School age population, early childhood educational development 3.03 million 2024 down 6.0% 122nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.3% 2023 down 16.0% 13th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.3% 2023 down 16.3% 16th