Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 21.9% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean, 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean stood at 21.9%.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 25.9% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 2002.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 17th of 43 groups on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 24.5% | — |
| 1998 | 25.9% | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 17.7% | -31.5% |
| 2000 | 17.2% | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 15.6% | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 13.9% | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 15.1% | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 14.9% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 15.2% | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 16.2% | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 17.1% | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 17.7% | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 18.3% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 18.7% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 18.4% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 18.8% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 20.5% | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 20.4% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 21.0% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 21.3% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 21.7% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 21.9% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.7% | 17.7% | 25.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 16.1% | 13.9% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 18.4% | 21.9% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
- 14 Croatia 62.2% compare
- 15 Luxembourg 59.0% compare
- 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
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 share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean was 21.9% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 25.9% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 2002.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 17th out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.6%. 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 (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.