Share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean: Share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 23.3% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
23.3%
Change on year
up 1.4%
Rank
22nd
of 43 groups
All-time high
25.2%
in 1998
All-time low
15.0%
in 2003
Years of data
22
1997–2018

Share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean, 1997–2018

01020301997200720181997: 23.8 %1998: 25.2 %1999: 17.1 %2000: 17.6 %2001: 16.4 %2002: 15.2 %2003: 15 %2004: 17 %2005: 17.1 %2006: 17.7 %2007: 18.1 %2008: 18.8 %2009: 19.3 %2010: 19.6 %2011: 19.1 %2012: 19.5 %2013: 22.1 %2014: 22 %2015: 22.4 %2016: 22.6 %2017: 23 %2018: 23.3 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2018, share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean stood at 23.3%.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 25.2% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 15.0%, in 2003.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 22nd 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 male students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year

Annual values for Share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) in Latin America & Caribbean, 1997 to 2018.
Year % Change
1997 23.8%
1998 25.2% +5.9%
1999 17.1% -32.1%
2000 17.6% +3.0%
2001 16.4% -6.9%
2002 15.2% -7.2%
2003 15.0% -1.2%
2004 17.0% +13.0%
2005 17.1% +1.0%
2006 17.7% +3.2%
2007 18.1% +2.3%
2008 18.8% +3.8%
2009 19.3% +3.0%
2010 19.6% +1.3%
2011 19.1% -2.5%
2012 19.5% +2.1%
2013 22.1% +13.6%
2014 22.0% -0.5%
2015 22.4% +1.7%
2016 22.6% +0.9%
2017 23.0% +1.5%
2018 23.3% +1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 22.0% 17.1% 25.2% 3
2000s 17.2% 15.0% 19.3% 10
2010s 21.5% 19.1% 23.3% 9

Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean

  1. 19 Romania 63.3% compare
  2. 20 North Macedonia 63.2% compare
  3. 21 Poland 60.9% compare
  4. 22 Belgium 60.1% compare
  5. 23 Bulgaria 58.1% compare
  6. 24 Norway 57.5% compare
  7. 25 Suriname 57.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean?
Share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Latin America & Caribbean was 23.3% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020.
What is the highest share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
The highest recorded value was 25.2% in 1998.
What is the lowest share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
The lowest recorded value was 15.0% in 2003.
How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 22nd out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
Is share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. 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 male students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
200 places, 3,314 data points, 1997–2019
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Total number of male students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of male 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.