TECHNICAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Secondary technical enrollment (as % of total Secondary)

Tertiary students abroad (as % of those at home)

Science graduates (as % of total graduates)

Tertiary enrollment ratio (gross)

Enrollments in Tertiary Education

% Students Science & Engineering

% Students in Agricultural Degrees

1988-91

1990

1980

1990

1980

1990

1987-90

1987-88

1988-90

1986-91

Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda

24

Bahamas

19.5

33

Barbados

17.0

28.2

46.6

13

11

11.6

Cuba

32.2

20.8

30.5

34.8

9.6

4.8

3.8

1

26

Dominica

1.1

75.8

33

Dominican Rep.

41.1

4.1

1

Grenada

26

Guyana

3.4

5.1

48.3

57.7

3.2

1.5

1.1

31

19

2.3

Haiti

63.5

32.9

3.7

4.4

0.2

31

4.7

Jamaica

3.5

5.9

29.3

69.0

2.7

2.0

22

19

6.2

Saint Kitts and Nevis

50.5

Saint Lucia

39.6

Saint Vincent/Grens.

2.8

54.7

37

Trinidad and Tobago

0.8

6.4

46.0

58.0

7.6

8.6

1.2

62

33

Central America

Belize

1.3

Costa Rica

22.2

26.3

33.3

26.0

6.2

1.8

2.7

2

20

El Salvador

15.2

61.0

38.1

2.9

2.4

1.7

2

9

1.4

Guatemala

2

1.4

Honduras

30.2

8.3

56.6

51.9

2.7

1.1

0.5

4

36

1.9

Nicaragua

9.1

9.3

31.3

42.8

2.6

15.1

0.9

10

37

Panama

25.6

20.9

42.9

38.1

1.5

0.9

2.3

3

42

8.0

South America

Argentina

39.9

43.1

50.4

5.1

5.7

32

28.4

Bolivia

20.6

51.7

42.0

6.3

1.1

2

9.0

Brazil

11.3

32.4

38.0

2.4

2.5

2.5

1

19

29.5

Chile

37.5

20.6

50.6

44.8

2.1

4.3

3.1

1

27

Colombia

21.5

14.2

30.4

39.1

3.8

3.0

2.6

1

28

Ecuador

33.8

19.1

45.2

41.6

6.1

2.7

2.3

1

9.1

Paraguay

6.9

8.1

29.1

5.0

1

31

Peru

33.1

46.6

54.1

7.8

2.2

1

38

20.3

Suriname

27.1

9.2

29.6

31.8

3

Uruguay

16.3

30.1

44.0

50.8

9.9

5.5

1

44

Venezuela

17.6

26.6

41.6

37.9

4.2

3.8

2.7

1

32

104.1

Mexico

12.2

14.0

48.3

49.9

8.4

2.1

2.5

1

32