Education in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)

498 indicators covering education for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income).

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
School age population, secondary education, female 28.94 million 2024 down 5.1% 129th
School age population, secondary education, male 30.15 million 2024 down 4.7% 130th
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 27.28 million 2024 down 5.3% 128th
School age population, upper secondary education, male 13.92 million 2024 down 5.0% 128th
School age population, upper secondary education, female 13.37 million 2024 down 5.5% 128th
Enrolment in primary education, male 28.19 million 2024 down 7.3% 133rd
Enrolment in primary education, female 26.99 million 2024 down 5.5% 127th
Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 57.82 million 2024 down 2.1% 98th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.4% 2024 down 2.1% 169th
Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.79 million 2024 up 2.9% 109th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 18.36 million 2024 up 0.5% 91st
Enrolment in secondary education, male 28.66 million 2024 down 2.0% 100th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.6% 2024 up 15.8% 53rd
Enrolment in secondary education, female 29.16 million 2024 down 2.1% 96th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.3% 2024 down 1.5% 141st
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 27.14 million 2024 up 25.5% 66th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.5% 2024 down 2.7% 195th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.5% 2024 up 19.2% 27th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 12.7% 2024 up 12.0% 81st
School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.85 years 2024 down 5.2% 88th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 104.3% 2024 down 5.4% 47th
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 77.5% 2024 up 0.9% 56th
Teachers in primary education, female 2.17 million 2024 up 3.8% 92nd
Teachers in primary education, male 627,929 2024 down 0.2% 132nd
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 11.55 million 2024 up 19.9% 71st
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 15.59 million 2024 up 30.0% 66th
Enrolment in primary education, both sexes 55.17 million 2024 down 6.5% 131st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female 104.2% 2024 down 4.2% 47th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9978 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% 50th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male 104.5% 2024 down 6.6% 48th
School life expectancy, primary, female 5.84 years 2024 down 4.1% 81st
School life expectancy, primary, male 5.86 years 2024 down 6.2% 98th
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9962 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% 66th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 9.07 million 2024 up 0.6% 90th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 9.29 million 2024 up 0.4% 91st
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 2.59 million 2024 down 5.0% 97th
Teachers in secondary education, both sexes 3.86 million 2024 up 8.6% 80th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes 97.8% 2024 up 3.0% 48th
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 6.08 years 2024 up 2.2% 46th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 11.94 years 2024 down 1.5% 33rd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 100.9% 2024 down 1.2% 32nd
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 1.17 million 2024 down 3.6% 91st
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 1.42 million 2024 down 6.1% 103rd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 1.64 million 2024 up 11.3% 70th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 56.7% 2024 up 28.4% 72nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 102.4% 2024 down 0.4% 26th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 100.8% 2024 up 3.1% 33rd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 99.5% 2024 down 1.8% 41st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% 14th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 95.0% 2024 up 2.9% 55th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% 4th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 12.11 years 2024 down 0.6% 29th
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 2.89 years 2024 up 24.5% 71st
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% 13th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 11.77 years 2024 down 2.3% 36th
School life expectancy, secondary, female 6.26 years 2024 up 2.4% 46th
School life expectancy, secondary, male 5.9 years 2024 up 1.9% 54th
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% 3rd
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 991,592 2024 up 8.4% 85th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 1.97 years 2024 up 1.0% 69th