Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — Latin America & Caribbean

Primary completion rate in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 96.45%. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 6.51 pp.

2024 96.45% −0.04 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 99.87%2012
Period minimum 89.94%1999

Trend over time

1999–2024 · % of the age group

Primary completion rate — Latin America & Caribbean, 1999–202487.59092.59597.51001999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 89.94%2000: 90.36%2001: 90.27%2002: 92.17%2003: 92.52%2004: 93.29%2005: 94.36%2006: 95.64%2007: 97.33%2008: 97.42%2009: 98.36%2010: 98.87%2011: 99.17%2012: 99.87%2013: 99.45%2014: 99.84%2015: 98.38%2016: 97.82%2017: 96.53%2018: 95.64%2019: 95.29%2020: 95.36%2021: 96.08%2022: 95.6%2023: 96.49%2024: 96.45%
Change over the period: +6.51 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 96.45%
World 88.02%
Primary completion rate — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 96.45 −0.04 pp
2023 96.49 +0.89 pp
2022 95.6 −0.48 pp
2021 96.08 +0.72 pp
2020 95.36 +0.07 pp
2019 95.29 −0.34 pp
2018 95.64 −0.9 pp
2017 96.53 −1.29 pp
2016 97.82 −0.56 pp
2015 98.38 −1.46 pp
2014 99.84 +0.39 pp
2013 99.45 −0.42 pp
2012 99.87 +0.7 pp
2011 99.17 +0.3 pp
2010 98.87 +0.5 pp
2009 98.36 +0.94 pp
2008 97.42 +0.09 pp
2007 97.33 +1.69 pp
2006 95.64 +1.27 pp
2005 94.36 +1.07 pp
2004 93.29 +0.77 pp
2003 92.52 +0.35 pp
2002 92.17 +1.9 pp
2001 90.27 −0.08 pp
2000 90.36 +0.41 pp
1999 89.94

About the indicator

The number of pupils in the last grade of primary school as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age. The indicator adds dropout to the picture that enrollment gives: almost everyone can enroll, while noticeably fewer make it to the end. Values above one hundred percent are not an error but a consequence of repetition and late entry: children older than the official age end up in the final grade.

Important: It can exceed 100% because of repeaters and of pupils older than the official age — a property of the methodology, not a sign of universal coverage. The aggregate is weighted by the number of children, not by total population.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.