Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary was 96.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 96.7% for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in 2019. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 96.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 82.0%, in 2001.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 1st of 42 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 83.6% | — |
| 2000 | 84.1% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 82.0% | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 82.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 84.2% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 83.9% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 89.3% | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 90.1% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 88.0% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 91.0% | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 91.6% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 93.6% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 91.1% | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 91.1% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 91.6% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 94.0% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 93.9% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 95.6% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 94.7% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 96.4% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 96.7% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83.6% | 83.6% | 83.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 86.6% | 82.0% | 91.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.9% | 91.1% | 96.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 1 Aruba 100.0% compare
- 1 Austria 100.0% compare
- 1 British Virgin Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Colombia 100.0% compare
- 1 France 100.0% compare
- 1 Hong Kong, China 100.0% compare
- 1 Indonesia 100.0% compare
- 1 Ireland 100.0% compare
- 1 Israel 100.0% compare
- 1 Malaysia 100.0% compare
- 1 Mexico 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Lucia 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% compare
- 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0% compare
More reference data data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 466.52 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 227.47 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 223.29 (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.10 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.89 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 9.99 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.12 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.21 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.4% (2019)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 96.7% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.0% in 2001.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 1st out of 42 groups with data for 2019.
- Is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The number of female children of the age one year before the official entry age to primary education who participate in an organized learning programme expressed as a percentage of the total population of the same age. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/