Education in Latin America & Caribbean 259 indicators covering education for Latin America & Caribbean. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Progression to secondary school, female 94.1% 2017 up 0.5% 16th Expenditure on tertiary education 21.0% 2015 up 15.9% 17th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 356,065 number 2018 up 56.7% 32nd Literacy rate, youth female 98.9% 2024 up 0.5% 13th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 6.7% 2019 up 28.4% 31st Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 2.09 million number 2019 up 6.7% 21st Enrolment in secondary education, female 32.24 million number 2019 up 3.9% 20th Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 61.6% 2019 down 3.9% 12th Teachers in lower secondary education, female 1.29 million number 2019 up 2.5% 21st Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 95.3% 2018 down 1.1% 9th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 232,679 number 2019 up 89.2% 23rd Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 94.6% 2018 down 1.8% 10th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 119,528 number 2019 up 97.4% 23rd Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2024 unchanged 4th Literacy rate, youth male 98.5% 2024 up 0.5% 14th Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 21.3 2018 down 9.6% 26th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 6.6% 2019 up 38.5% 31st Literacy rate, youth total 98.7% 2024 up 0.5% 13th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 6.8% 2019 up 20.2% 31st Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 1.82 million number 2019 up 20.6% 19th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 15.83 million number 2019 up 34.0% 18th Expenditure on secondary education 31.1% 2014 down 11.3% 18th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 2.82 million number 2019 down 34.8% 17th Expenditure on primary education 34.2% 2014 down 7.5% 13th Secondary education, pupils 50.1% 2018 down 2.2% 4th Teachers in upper secondary education, female 953,124 number 2019 up 19.5% 19th Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 52.4% 2019 down 0.9% 19th Literacy rate, adult total 95.0% 2024 up 1.8% 11th Literacy rate, adult male 95.2% 2024 up 1.6% 11th Trained teachers in preprimary education 79.4% 2022 up 4.3% 12th Trained teachers in secondary education 75.5% 2024 down 3.1% 23rd Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 1.22 million number 2019 down 35.1% 17th Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes 190,423 number 2018 up 38.6% 23rd Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 1.28 million number 2019 up 173.9% 18th Current education expenditure, total 95.1% 2023 — 2nd Current education expenditure, primary 95.5% 2023 up 0.0% 2nd Current education expenditure, secondary 95.3% 2023 down 0.6% 2nd Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 714,850 number 2019 up 184.1% 17th Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 81.1% 2021 up 10.9% 10th Trained teachers in secondary education, female 75.4% 2024 down 3.5% 21st Trained teachers in secondary education, male 75.7% 2024 down 2.5% 20th Inbound mobility rate, both sexes 0.7% 2018 up 0.0% 35th Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 16.5 2018 down 5.8% 23rd Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 20.49 2018 up 3.4% 13th Current education expenditure, tertiary 94.7% 2023 down 0.5% 5th Trained teachers in preprimary education, male 65.2% 2021 up 10.1% 23rd Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 3.06 million number 2019 down 14.2% 15th Enrolment in lower secondary education, both sexes 38.00 million number 2019 up 0.8% 24th Enrolment in lower secondary education, female 18.80 million number 2019 down 0.5% 24th Enrolment in upper secondary education, both sexes 26.21 million number 2019 up 14.4% 19th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 943,440 number 2019 down 21.7% 17th Net intake rate in grade 1 75.3% 2018 up 1.9% 10th Enrolment in upper secondary education, female 13.44 million number 2019 up 10.6% 19th Trained teachers in lower secondary education 82.9% 2021 up 2.3% 8th Net intake rate in grade 1, female 75.6% 2018 up 2.0% 10th Net intake rate in grade 1, male 75.0% 2018 up 1.9% 10th Total inbound internationally mobile students, female 101,562 number 2018 up 39.5% 23rd Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes 2.35 million number 2019 up 20.5% 28th Trained teachers in upper secondary education 77.9% 2021 up 5.2% 20th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male 12.59 million number 2019 down 18.4% 28th ← Previous Page 4 of 5 Next →