Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary was 96.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Latin America & Caribbean, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean recorded 96.3% for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in 2019. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% 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 peaked at 96.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 82.5%, in 2001.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 3rd 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, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 83.9% | — |
| 2000 | 84.4% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 82.5% | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 82.5% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 84.5% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 84.1% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 89.2% | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 90.0% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 87.9% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 90.7% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 91.3% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 93.3% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 91.0% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 91.1% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 91.5% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 93.9% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 93.8% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 95.4% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 94.4% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 96.0% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 96.3% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83.9% | 83.9% | 83.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 86.7% | 82.5% | 91.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.7% | 91.0% | 96.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
- 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
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 10.44 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.16 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.33 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.11 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.21 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.12 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.4% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.09 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.23 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 685,896 number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Latin America & Caribbean was 96.3% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 96.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.5% in 2001.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 3rd 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?
- 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 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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About this data
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/