Education in Latin America and the Caribbean 22 indicators covering education for Latin America and the Caribbean. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 80.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.5% 24th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 19.18 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 23.1% 4th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0.0283 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.2% 18th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 38 - Projected education 8.98 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over 2040 down 26.3% 19th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 1.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 45.4% 19th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 37.01 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 10.3% 17th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 61.09 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.5% 10th Proportion of total government spending on essential services 13.8% 2024 down 10.0% 6th Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex 19.3% 2025 down 8.2% 19th Adjusted gender parity index for participation rate in formal and 1.06 ratio 2024 up 3.0% 6th Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training 50.5% 2024 up 3.7% 8th Proportion of schools with access to electricity, by education level 86.9% 2022 down 3.1% 14th Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth 1.07 ratio 2024 down 1.5% 8th Proportion of schools with access to computers for pedagogical 63.7% 2022 down 10.1% 13th Proportion of schools with access to the internet for pedagogical 58.9% 2022 up 8.3% 13th Proportion of schools with basic handwashing facilities, by education 73.5% 2022 down 0.7% 17th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by 82.9% 2021 up 2.3% 9th Completion rate, by sex, location, wealth quintile and education level 83.6% 2024 up 8.7% 8th Youth/adult literacy rate 98.7% 2024 up 0.5% 7th Adjusted gender parity index for youth/adult literacy rate 1 ratio 2024 unchanged 3rd Proportion of schools with access to adapted infrastructure and 41.1% 2022 up 15.2% 6th Percentage of schools with basic sanitation services - SDG 4.a.1 80.61 2023 up 2.8% 2nd