Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development was 20.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development in Latin America & Caribbean, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean recorded 20.0% for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development in 2019.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 23.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 2000.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 15th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 12.2% | — |
| 1998 | 12.2% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 10.4% | -15.2% |
| 2000 | 10.2% | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 13.7% | +34.8% |
| 2002 | 13.9% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 14.0% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 15.5% | +10.8% |
| 2005 | 15.7% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 17.7% | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 19.1% | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 23.2% | +21.5% |
| 2012 | 22.6% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 15.6% | -30.9% |
| 2014 | 16.2% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 17.1% | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 17.8% | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 18.3% | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 18.8% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 20.0% | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.6% | 10.4% | 12.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 15.0% | 10.2% | 19.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 18.8% | 15.6% | 23.2% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More reference data data for Latin America & Caribbean
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.33 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.16 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.11 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 10.44 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)
- 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 gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development in Latin America & Caribbean was 20.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 23.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 2000.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 15th out of 33 groups with data for 2019.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. 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 Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total male enrollment in early childhood educational development programmes, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of the official age for early childhood educational development programmes. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.