Education in Latin America & Caribbean 259 indicators covering education for Latin America & Caribbean. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.29 GPI 2024 up 5.2% 6th Secondary education, teachers, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year 2024 down 52.7% 19th Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled 55.70 million 2018 up 3.0% 25th Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita 0.004 units per person 2024 up 5.3% 9th Secondary education, teachers, female 2.64 million 2024 up 13.8% 21st Secondary education, teachers, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 0.2% 28th Primary completion rate, female 97.0% 2024 down 3.1% 7th Primary completion rate, male 96.0% 2024 down 3.6% 10th Secondary education, teachers, per square kilometre 0.214 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% 26th Government expenditure on education, total 3.8% 2023 down 21.7% 13th Secondary education, general pupils, per capita 0.0876 units per person 2018 down 6.9% 11th Secondary education, general pupils 55.70 million 2018 up 3.0% 25th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 21.88 million number 2019 up 13.3% 23rd Lower secondary completion rate, total 81.5% 2024 up 2.2% 18th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 103.3% 2019 up 2.3% 6th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 12.18 years 2019 up 4.8% 9th Secondary education, general pupils, per square kilometre 2.78 units per square kilometre 2018 up 3.0% 25th School enrollment, preprimary, female 76.1% 2020 up 2.0% 12th School enrollment, preprimary, male 75.0% 2020 up 1.9% 12th Secondary education, teachers, female, annual growth rate 3.47 % change on previous year 2024 up 11.0% 14th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 86.5% 2023 up 2.3% 13th Secondary education, general pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2018 down 14.3% 26th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 2.61 years 2019 up 30.2% 11th Government expenditure on education, total 16.6% 2024 up 3.4% 5th Secondary education, general pupils 49.9% 2018 down 2.4% 6th Lower secondary completion rate, female 84.0% 2024 up 2.0% 17th Lower secondary completion rate, male 79.2% 2024 up 2.4% 18th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 21.88 million number 2019 up 13.3% 22nd Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0341 number per person 2019 up 2.8% 10th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 2nd Primary education, pupils 61.44 million 2024 down 5.9% 31st Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th Secondary education, pupils 63.30 million 2024 down 1.6% 27th Secondary education, teachers, female, per square kilometre 0.1274 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% 24th Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate -0.8897 % change on previous year 2018 down 179.3% 37th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 102.7% 2019 up 3.0% 8th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 104.0% 2019 up 1.6% 4th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 12.11 years 2019 up 5.4% 10th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2019 down 1.3% 5th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 12.26 years 2019 up 4.1% 8th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 down 9.8% 25th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per square 1.09 number per square kilometre 2019 up 13.3% 23rd Persistence to last grade of primary, female 87.9% 2023 up 1.7% 14th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 85.1% 2023 up 2.8% 14th Secondary education, vocational pupils 7.96 million 2018 up 36.6% 17th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.62 % change on previous year 2019 up 105.4% 9th Number of under-five deaths, male 79,983 2024 down 28.1% 27th Number of under-five deaths, female 62,649 2024 down 27.8% 27th Number of infant deaths, male 69,310 2024 down 27.3% 27th Number of infant deaths, female 53,812 2024 down 26.9% 27th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 2.92 years 2019 up 30.9% 10th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 2.3 years 2019 up 29.5% 13th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.27 GPI 2019 up 1.1% 6th Teachers in primary education, female 2.40 million number 2019 up 5.6% 19th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 10.78 million number 2019 up 13.7% 22nd Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 25.3% 2019 up 1.6% 38th Secondary education, vocational pupils 51.8% 2018 down 2.3% 3rd Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 12.1% 2018 up 28.9% 18th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 14.91 years 2019 up 9.1% 11th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 100.4% 2018 down 8.8% 31st ← Previous Page 2 of 5 Next →