Education in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 277 indicators covering education for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre 0.4004 units per square kilometre 2018 up 40.6% 24th Number of infant deaths, female 52,351 2024 down 26.7% 29th Number of infant deaths, male 67,480 2024 down 27.2% 29th Number of under-five deaths, female 60,918 2024 down 27.8% 29th Number of under-five deaths, male 77,812 2024 down 28.0% 29th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 2.86 years 2019 up 31.2% 15th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.27 GPI 2019 up 0.8% 7th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 2.25 years 2019 up 30.2% 15th Secondary education, vocational pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2018 up 20.5% 17th Teachers in primary education, female 2.26 million number 2019 up 5.4% 22nd Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 10.32 million number 2019 up 13.5% 25th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 24.1% 2019 up 0.3% 41st Secondary education, vocational pupils 52.2% 2018 down 2.6% 1st Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 11.8% 2018 up 32.6% 22nd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 14.88 years 2019 up 9.2% 13th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 100.5% 2018 down 9.0% 29th Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate -0.0162 % change on previous year 2018 down 100.2% 31st Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 14.5% 2024 up 19.2% 6th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.4% 2025 down 20.2% 13th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.5% 2025 down 21.4% 31st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.3% 2025 down 20.5% 18th Primary education, teachers 77.5% 2024 up 0.9% 14th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.08 million number 2019 up 13.0% 25th Repeaters, primary, total 4.4% 2018 down 37.1% 17th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 2.7% 2019 up 15.1% 37th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 1.76 million number 2019 up 18.7% 19th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 12,608 2024 down 15.6% 33rd Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 16,724 2024 down 7.7% 33rd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 44,519 2024 down 22.4% 33rd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 74,263 2024 down 4.4% 30th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 100.2% 2018 down 8.3% 29th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 100.9% 2018 down 9.6% 27th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2019 down 0.2% 5th Repeaters, primary, female 4.0% 2018 down 37.5% 13th Repeaters, primary, male 4.9% 2018 down 36.8% 17th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 95.3% 2019 down 0.6% 17th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 1.03 million number 2019 up 12.3% 25th School enrollment, primary 93.8% 2018 down 1.3% 14th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 2.4% 2019 up 17.3% 38th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 3.0% 2019 up 13.6% 34th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 88.6% 2019 up 6.2% 13th Trained teachers in primary education 81.1% 2024 up 0.9% 18th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 750,226 number 2019 up 12.0% 20th Enrolment in primary education, female 29.93 million number 2019 down 4.6% 30th Secondary education, teachers 58.6% 2024 up 0.4% 20th School enrollment, primary, female 94.0% 2018 down 1.0% 14th School enrollment, primary, male 93.7% 2018 down 1.6% 15th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity 1.04 GPI 2018 down 0.6% 13th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both 7.26 million number 2019 up 436.8% 33rd School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 3.69 million number 2019 up 442.2% 34th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 3.57 million number 2019 up 431.4% 33rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 91.2% 2019 up 6.3% 13th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 86.1% 2019 up 6.0% 13th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2019 up 0.4% 5th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 108.7% 2019 up 7.6% 2nd Compulsory education, duration 14 years 2025 unchanged 1st Progression to secondary school 94.9% 2017 up 0.6% 17th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 107.9% 2019 up 9.3% 2nd Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 109.6% 2019 up 5.9% 2nd Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2019 down 3.1% 9th ← Previous Page 3 of 5 Next →