Education in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

114 indicators covering education for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income).

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 0-14 22.4% 2025 down 13.6%
Population ages 15-64 67.7% 2025 up 1.7%
School enrollment, primary 104.3% 2024 down 5.4%
Primary education, teachers 2.79 million 2024 up 2.9%
School enrollment, primary, female 104.2% 2024 down 4.2%
School enrollment, primary, male 104.5% 2024 down 6.6%
Labor force, female 42.0% 2025 up 2.5%
Labor force, total 305.57 million 2025 up 11.6%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9828 GPI 2020 up 1.5%
School enrollment, secondary 97.8% 2024 up 3.0%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.31 per 1,000 2024 down 12.0%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.69 per 1,000 2024 down 3.9%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.45 per 1,000 2024 down 19.2%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 7.36 per 1,000 2024 down 3.9%
Secondary education, teachers 3.86 million 2024 up 8.6%
School enrollment, secondary, female 100.8% 2024 up 3.1%
School enrollment, secondary, male 95.0% 2024 up 2.9%
School enrollment, tertiary 56.7% 2024 up 28.4%
School enrollment, preprimary 75.7% 2020 up 3.3%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 66.2% 2024 up 34.1%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 47.4% 2024 up 21.6%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2020 down 2.8%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.28 GPI 2024 up 6.1%
Secondary education, teachers, female 2.26 million 2024 up 9.0%
Primary completion rate, female 96.5% 2024 down 3.9%
Primary completion rate, male 95.6% 2024 down 4.5%
Government expenditure on education, total 3.8% 2023 down 22.7%
Secondary education, general pupils 53.50 million 2018 up 3.1%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 80.9% 2024 up 1.6%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 76.3% 2020 up 3.5%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 75.2% 2020 up 3.1%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 86.2% 2023 up 3.0%
Government expenditure on education, total 16.8% 2024 down 2.0%
Secondary education, general pupils 49.9% 2018 down 2.4%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 83.4% 2024 up 1.7%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 78.5% 2024 up 1.6%
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Primary education, pupils 55.17 million 2024 down 6.5%
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 57.82 million 2024 down 2.1%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 87.8% 2023 up 2.5%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 84.7% 2023 up 3.5%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 7.52 million 2018 up 40.6%
Number of infant deaths, female 52,351 2024 down 26.7%
Number of infant deaths, male 67,480 2024 down 27.2%
Number of under-five deaths, female 60,918 2024 down 27.8%
Number of under-five deaths, male 77,812 2024 down 28.0%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 52.2% 2018 down 2.6%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 100.5% 2018 down 9.0%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.4% 2025 down 20.2%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.5% 2025 down 21.4%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.3% 2025 down 20.5%
Primary education, teachers 77.5% 2024 up 0.9%
Repeaters, primary, total 4.4% 2018 down 37.1%
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 12,608 2024 down 15.6%
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 16,724 2024 down 7.7%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 44,519 2024 down 22.4%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 74,263 2024 down 4.4%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 100.2% 2018 down 8.3%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 100.9% 2018 down 9.6%