Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 21.8% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 21.8% for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2018.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 25.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 12.7%, in 2002.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 19th out of 45 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 24.2% | — |
| 1998 | 25.4% | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 16.7% | -34.3% |
| 2000 | 16.2% | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 14.5% | -10.6% |
| 2002 | 12.7% | -12.1% |
| 2003 | 14.1% | +10.6% |
| 2004 | 13.9% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 14.2% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 15.2% | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 16.3% | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 17.0% | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 17.7% | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 18.1% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 17.7% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 18.2% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 20.1% | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 20.1% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 20.7% | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 21.1% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 21.8% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.1% | 16.7% | 25.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 15.2% | 12.7% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.0% | 17.7% | 21.8% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 16 Liechtenstein 59.0% compare
- 17 Suriname 58.6% compare
- 18 Switzerland 56.9% compare
- 19 Belgium 55.9% compare
- 20 North Macedonia 54.9% compare
- 21 Angola 49.6% compare
- 22 Romania 48.9% 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 share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 21.8% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020.
- What is the highest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 25.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 2002.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 19th out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
- Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. 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 (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as part of Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of female students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.