As of June 2021, the countries with the highest amount of lost academic years due to COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America were Chile and Trinidad and Tobago with 2 years in their young student population. The country with the least amount of lost years was Haiti with an amount of 1.1 years after the pandemic. The time average for Latin America and the Caribbean was 1.7 lost years.
Numbers of school years lost due to COVID-19 pandemic in Latin American countries in 2021
At least 628,000 young people between the ages of 6 and 17 years old have interrupted their studies due to the economic crisis caused by the pandemic, according to the calculations by the Inter-American Development Bank.
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IMCO. (June 12, 2021). Numbers of school years lost due to COVID-19 pandemic in Latin American countries in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351296/amount-academic-years-lost-covid-pandemic-latin-america/
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