Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official was 4.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Latin America & Caribbean, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean recorded 4.0% for out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and down 58.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 19.6% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 2019.
That places Latin America & Caribbean 38th out of 40 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 16.0% | — |
| 1999 | 19.6% | +22.5% |
| 2000 | 15.5% | -21.0% |
| 2001 | 17.5% | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 17.4% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 15.3% | -12.1% |
| 2004 | 15.7% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 11.2% | -28.8% |
| 2006 | 10.4% | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 12.7% | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 9.8% | -22.9% |
| 2009 | 9.6% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 7.4% | -23.8% |
| 2011 | 9.3% | +26.5% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 9.0% | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 6.9% | -23.7% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.5% | -19.6% |
| 2017 | 5.5% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 4.3% | -21.2% |
| 2019 | 4.0% | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.8% | 16.0% | 19.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.5% | 9.6% | 17.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 4.0% | 9.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
- 35 Türkiye 24.3% compare
- 36 Montenegro 23.3% compare
- 37 Honduras 23.1% compare
- 38 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 21.5% compare
- 39 Bulgaria 19.5% compare
- 40 Cape Verde 19.3% compare
- 41 Kuwait 18.8% 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 out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official in Latin America & Caribbean was 4.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 19.6% in 1999.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 2019.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 38th out of 40 groups with data for 2019.
- Is out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official primary entrance age, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of children in the official age range for one year before primary education who are not enrolled in pre-primary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for one year before primary education enrolled in pre-primary education is subtracted from the total population for one year before primary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for the year before primary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/