Ethiopia vs Lower middle income: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower over time
- Ethiopia
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 29.6% against 12.5% in Lower middle income, a difference of 17.1%.
That makes Ethiopia's figure about 2.4 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 16 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.
Ethiopia ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 12th of 148 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72.7% | 32.9% | 39.8% | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 51.0% | 23.1% | 27.9% | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 30.6% | 14.5% | 16.0% | Ethiopia |
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, Ethiopia or Lower middle income?
- Ethiopia, at 29.6% against 12.5% in Lower middle income as of 2015.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower between Ethiopia and Lower middle income?
- 17.1%, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Lower middle income?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2015.
- How do Ethiopia and Lower middle income rank globally for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower?
- Ethiopia ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 12th 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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About this data
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/