How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and IDA total?

16 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2015.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ethiopia vs IDA total: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

Ethiopia

3.79 million number

in 2015

IDA total

42.99 million number

in 2019

Ethiopia rank

1st

IDA total rank

4th

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary over time

Ethiopia
IDA total

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 42.99 million number against 3.79 million number in Ethiopia, a difference of 39.20 million number.

That makes IDA total's figure about 11.3 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 16 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 1st and IDA total ranks 4th of 148 countries.

IDA total has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	IDA total	Difference	Ahead
1990s	5.90 million number	55.40 million number	49.50 million number	IDA total
2000s	4.79 million number	48.74 million number	43.95 million number	IDA total
2010s	3.72 million number	43.42 million number	39.70 million number	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, Ethiopia or IDA total?: IDA total, at 42.99 million number against 3.79 million number in Ethiopia as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Ethiopia and IDA total?: 39.20 million number, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and IDA total?: 16 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2015.
How do Ethiopia and IDA total rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Ethiopia ranks 1st and IDA total ranks 4th of 148 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 4,451 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/