Eswatini vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower

Eswatini
12.5%
in 2015
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
4.0%
in 2019
Eswatini rank
32nd
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
33rd

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower over time

  • Eswatini
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 12.5% against 4.0% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 8.5%.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 3.1 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.

Eswatini ranks 32nd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 33rd of 148 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 37.1% 14.4% 22.7% Eswatini
2000s 15.7% 3.1% 12.6% Eswatini
2010s 11.9% 3.9% 7.9% Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower, Eswatini or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Eswatini, at 12.5% against 4.0% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2015.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower between Eswatini and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
8.5%, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
13 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
How do Eswatini and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower?
Eswatini ranks 32nd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 33rd of 148 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (%). 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 children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,340 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Proportion of children and adolescents in the official age range for primary and lower secondary education who are not enrolled in primary or lower secondary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for primary and lower secondary education enrolled in primary or lower secondary education is subtracted from the total population of primary and lower secondary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for primary and lower secondary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/