What is the difference in out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male between Iraq and Lao People's Democratic Republic?

0.1%, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Lao People's Democratic Republic?

5 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2007.

Iraq vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male

Iraq

41.5%

in 2007

Lao People's Democratic Republic

41.6%

in 2019

Iraq rank

31st

Lao People's Democratic Republic rank

30th

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

Iraq
Lao People's Democratic Republic

How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 41.6% against 41.5% in Iraq, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 31st and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 30th of 142 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Difference	Ahead
1990s	61.7%	43.5%	18.1%	Iraq
2000s	51.2%	43.3%	7.9%	Iraq

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, male, Iraq or Lao People's Democratic Republic?: Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 41.6% against 41.5% in Iraq as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male between Iraq and Lao People's Democratic Republic?: 0.1%, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Lao People's Democratic Republic?: 5 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2007.
How do Iraq and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male?: Iraq ranks 31st and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 30th of 142 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/), published as Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male (%). 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 youth of upper secondary school age, male (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 187 places, 2,983 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

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