Namibia vs Upper middle income: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes

Namibia
38.9%
in 2007
Upper middle income
18.9%
in 2019
Namibia rank
32nd
Upper middle income rank
34th

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes over time

  • Namibia
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 38.9% against 18.9% in Upper middle income, a difference of 20.0%.

That makes Namibia's figure about 2.1 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Namibia ranks 32nd and Upper middle income ranks 34th of 147 countries.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 38.6% 37.3% 1.3% Namibia
2000s 40.1% 34.0% 6.1% Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes, Namibia or Upper middle income?
Namibia, at 38.9% against 18.9% in Upper middle income as of 2007.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes between Namibia and Upper middle income?
20.0%, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Upper middle income?
10 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2007.
How do Namibia and Upper middle income rank globally for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes?
Namibia ranks 32nd and Upper middle income ranks 34th of 147 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for youth of 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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About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
192 places, 3,194 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of youth of official upper secondary school age who are not enrolled in upper secondary school expressed as a percentage of the population of official upper secondary school age.