Gross secondary enrollment (% of school-age population)
Definition
Secondary enrollment of any age as a share of the population of the official secondary age group. In Brazil, by the international classification, it covers the final grades of the ensino fundamental and the ensino médio. UIS estimate, republished by the World Bank.
- Formula
- Total enrollment / population of the official age group × 100.
- Unit
- %
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
Gross secondary enrollment (% of school-age population)
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Chile
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Latin America & Caribbean
- World
- Gross secondary enrollment (% of school-age population)
- Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators · Source version: 2026-10-08 · Collected on: 2026-11-01 · License: CC-BY-4.0
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| Year | Brazil | Argentina | Chile | Colombia | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | – | 54.1 | – | – | – | – | 43.1 |
| 1976 | – | 55.4 | – | – | – | – | 43.5 |
| 1977 | – | 55.1 | – | – | – | – | 44.8 |
| 1978 | – | 55.0 | – | – | – | – | 45.1 |
| 1979 | – | 55.1 | – | – | – | – | 52.4 |
| 1980 | – | 56.2 | – | – | – | – | 45.7 |
| 1981 | – | 57.6 | – | – | – | – | 44.6 |
| 1982 | – | 59.6 | – | – | – | – | 45.1 |
| 1983 | – | 60.4 | – | – | – | – | 45.6 |
| 1984 | – | 66.0 | – | – | – | – | 45.8 |
| 1985 | – | 70.6 | – | – | – | – | 49.4 |
| 1986 | – | 70.5 | – | – | – | – | 47.1 |
| 1987 | – | 70.3 | – | – | – | – | 48.4 |
| 1988 | – | 70.9 | – | – | – | – | 49.4 |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 49.9 |
| 1990 | – | 73.0 | – | – | – | – | 53.2 |
| 1991 | – | 74.1 | – | – | – | – | 53.6 |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54.7 |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53.7 |
| 1994 | – | 70.9 | – | – | – | – | 54.6 |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 55.4 |
| 1996 | – | 78.5 | – | – | – | – | 56.6 |
| 1997 | – | 74.5 | – | – | – | – | 57.5 |
| 1998 | – | 80.7 | – | – | – | – | 58.5 |
| 1999 | – | 92.3 | – | – | – | 78.0 | 58.5 |
| 2000 | – | 96.2 | 86.9 | 76.4 | 71.1 | 79.4 | 59.5 |
| 2001 | – | 97.6 | – | – | 72.9 | 80.5 | 60.3 |
| 2002 | – | 97.0 | 89.4 | 78.2 | 75.1 | 87.2 | 61.6 |
| 2003 | – | 96.0 | 90.6 | – | 78.6 | 84.7 | 62.4 |
| 2004 | – | 95.5 | 91.0 | 83.0 | 79.8 | 86.4 | 63.5 |
| 2005 | – | 93.6 | 92.0 | 87.0 | 80.6 | 86.6 | 64.4 |
| 2006 | – | 92.4 | 92.0 | 90.3 | 82.7 | 85.0 | 65.4 |
| 2007 | – | 92.2 | 91.6 | 93.0 | 84.1 | 86.1 | 66.8 |
| 2008 | – | 93.2 | 91.5 | 94.2 | 86.1 | 87.3 | 68.3 |
| 2009 | – | 96.4 | 89.9 | 98.3 | 85.9 | 88.2 | 69.4 |
| 2010 | – | 99.1 | 91.0 | 100.0 | 87.3 | 89.2 | 70.9 |
| 2011 | – | 100.9 | 91.0 | 101.2 | 88.4 | 89.7 | 71.9 |
| 2012 | 94.6 | 102.7 | 89.5 | 97.2 | 90.7 | 89.8 | 72.7 |
| 2013 | 104.1 | 104.5 | 99.2 | 98.1 | 93.3 | 94.8 | 74.0 |
| 2014 | 102.8 | 106.0 | 99.9 | 97.4 | 97.3 | 94.9 | 74.9 |
| 2015 | 101.1 | 107.5 | 100.9 | 97.7 | 101.0 | 95.1 | 75.0 |
| 2016 | 102.7 | 109.6 | 101.5 | 98.4 | 102.9 | 96.1 | 75.2 |
| 2017 | 103.0 | 110.4 | 102.3 | 99.2 | 105.1 | 96.5 | 74.9 |
| 2018 | 104.8 | 109.7 | 103.2 | 100.4 | 106.0 | 97.6 | 75.5 |
| 2019 | 103.7 | 110.5 | 104.4 | 102.0 | 105.5 | 97.6 | 76.0 |
| 2020 | 103.9 | 112.4 | 103.7 | 101.5 | 102.6 | 97.1 | 76.5 |
| 2021 | 106.3 | 115.7 | 106.7 | 103.0 | 98.3 | 97.4 | 77.3 |
| 2022 | 105.7 | 114.1 | 106.1 | 101.6 | 98.4 | 97.1 | 77.5 |
| 2023 | – | 105.6 | 105.8 | – | 102.1 | 97.5 | 77.2 |
| 2024 | 104.1 | – | 105.6 | – | 103.1 | 98.0 | 77.3 |
Criticisms of the metric
- Gross rate: it reflects grade lag and can exceed one hundred percent. It does not measure completion or learning, and the international classification does not match Brazil's stages.
References
- World Bank. World Development Indicators — metadata for SE.SEC.ENRR. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.SEC.ENRR
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Education and science data: methodology. https://uis.unesco.org/