Education in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 284 indicators covering education for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 86.4% 2019 up 9.0% 11th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2019 up 2.7% 6th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 108.8% 2019 up 7.6% 1st Compulsory education, duration 14 years 2025 unchanged 1st Progression to secondary school 94.9% 2017 up 0.6% 18th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 107.9% 2019 up 9.3% 1st Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 109.7% 2019 up 5.9% 1st Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2019 down 3.1% 8th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 95.0% 2018 down 1.4% 10th Trained teachers in primary education, female 83.2% 2024 down 0.6% 14th Trained teachers in primary education, male 76.4% 2024 up 3.6% 19th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 85.6% 2019 up 18.0% 12th Primary education, pupils 48.5% 2018 up 0.5% 18th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 82.0% 2019 up 22.6% 13th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 89.2% 2019 up 13.9% 12th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index 1.09 GPI 2019 down 7.1% 5th Tertiary education, academic staff 42.3% 2024 up 3.6% 28th School enrollment, secondary 77.4% 2018 up 9.1% 17th Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 1st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 12.5% 2019 up 30.6% 18th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 21.9% 2019 up 19.7% 22nd Progression to secondary school, male 95.9% 2017 up 0.8% 17th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 27.70 million number 2019 up 39.5% 20th School enrollment, secondary, female 79.0% 2018 up 6.7% 17th School enrollment, secondary, male 75.9% 2018 up 11.6% 17th Progression to secondary school, female 94.0% 2017 up 0.3% 19th Expenditure on tertiary education 21.1% 2016 up 24.4% 15th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 346,116 number 2018 up 57.4% 35th Literacy rate, youth female 98.9% 2024 up 0.5% 12th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 6.6% 2019 up 27.0% 34th Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 2.05 million number 2019 up 7.4% 23rd Enrolment in secondary education, female 31.72 million number 2019 up 4.2% 22nd Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 61.4% 2019 down 4.3% 14th Teachers in lower secondary education, female 1.26 million number 2019 up 2.8% 23rd Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 95.4% 2018 down 1.1% 10th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 220,045 number 2019 up 103.0% 26th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 94.6% 2018 down 1.8% 11th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 112,624 number 2019 up 115.0% 26th Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2024 unchanged 4th Literacy rate, youth male 98.5% 2024 up 0.5% 12th Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 21.69 2018 down 10.2% 23rd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 6.6% 2019 up 37.4% 34th Literacy rate, youth total 98.7% 2024 up 0.5% 12th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 6.6% 2019 up 18.6% 34th Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 1.77 million number 2019 up 22.4% 22nd Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 15.51 million number 2019 up 40.3% 20th Expenditure on secondary education 32.9% 2016 up 5.0% 18th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 2.81 million number 2019 down 34.9% 19th Expenditure on primary education 34.8% 2016 down 8.9% 12th Secondary education, pupils 50.2% 2018 down 2.3% 2nd Teachers in upper secondary education, female 921,233 number 2019 up 21.1% 22nd Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 52.2% 2019 down 1.0% 21st Literacy rate, adult total 94.9% 2024 up 1.8% 12th Literacy rate, adult male 95.2% 2024 up 1.7% 12th Trained teachers in preprimary education 79.0% 2022 up 4.0% 14th Trained teachers in secondary education 75.4% 2024 down 2.4% 24th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 1.21 million number 2019 down 35.2% 19th Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes 165,070 number 2018 up 56.0% 29th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 1.23 million number 2019 up 238.6% 22nd Current education expenditure, total 95.1% 2023 down 0.8% 2nd ← Previous Page 4 of 5 Next →