What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper between OECD members and Turks and Caicos Islands?

17.5%, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and Turks and Caicos Islands?

6 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

OECD members vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper

OECD members

7.0%

in 2019

Turks and Caicos Islands

24.5%

in 2018

OECD members rank

34th

Turks and Caicos Islands rank

32nd

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper over time

OECD members
Turks and Caicos Islands

How they compare

Turks and Caicos Islands currently reports 24.5% against 7.0% in OECD members, a difference of 17.5%.

That makes Turks and Caicos Islands's figure about 3.5 times OECD members's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Turks and Caicos Islands has been ahead every year.

OECD members ranks 34th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 32nd of 43 groups.

Turks and Caicos Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	OECD members	Turks and Caicos Islands	Difference	Ahead
1990s	15.7%	27.6%	12.0%	Turks and Caicos Islands
2000s	12.5%	15.1%	2.6%	Turks and Caicos Islands
2010s	7.5%	31.6%	24.2%	Turks and Caicos Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper, OECD members or Turks and Caicos Islands?: Turks and Caicos Islands, at 24.5% against 7.0% in OECD members as of 2018.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper between OECD members and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 17.5%, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 6 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.
How do OECD members and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper?: OECD members ranks 34th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 32nd of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 4,210 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of adolescents and youth of lower secondary and upper 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/