Female School Enrollment Rates for Young Adults in Latin America

Share of the female population ages 19-24 that is in school and not employed, compiled by the LAC Equity Lab. This indicator focuses on a critical transition period between education and the labor market. It is sourced from World Bank data collections on social protection and labor.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the 'share_in_school' metric over time to assess the impact of national education policies.
• Correlate female school enrollment rates with other country-level indicators like GDP per capita or youth unemployment.
• Benchmark gender-specific educational participation across different countries in the LAC region using this standardized metric.
• Model the relationship between female school enrollment and future labor market outcomes for this age cohort.

Strengths

• Provides a specific, standardized metric for a key demographic (females aged 19-24).
• Sourced from the authoritative World Bank and LAC Equity Lab.

Limitations

• Unknown sample size or number of countries covered.
• Lacks granular column details such as country codes, year, or confidence intervals.
• Geographic scope is limited to Latin America and the Caribbean.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, LAC Equity Lab.

Geography

Latin America and the Caribbean.