What is the difference in out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female between Latin America & Caribbean and Malaysia?

2.72 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Malaysia?

19 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

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

Latin America & Caribbean vs Malaysia: Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female

Latin America & Caribbean

2.98 million number

in 2019

Malaysia

255,779 number

in 2017

Latin America & Caribbean rank

29th

Malaysia rank

31st

Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female over time

Latin America & Caribbean
Malaysia

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean currently reports 2.98 million number against 255,779 number in Malaysia, a difference of 2.72 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean's figure about 11.6 times Malaysia's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 29th and Malaysia ranks 31st of 45 groups.

Latin America & Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latin America & Caribbean	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	4.62 million number	263,910 number	4.36 million number	Latin America & Caribbean
2000s	4.19 million number	209,350 number	3.98 million number	Latin America & Caribbean
2010s	3.53 million number	256,278 number	3.27 million number	Latin America & Caribbean

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female, Latin America & Caribbean or Malaysia?: Latin America & Caribbean, at 2.98 million number against 255,779 number in Malaysia as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female between Latin America & Caribbean and Malaysia?: 2.72 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Malaysia?: 19 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2017.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Malaysia rank globally for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female?: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 29th and Malaysia ranks 31st of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 188 places, 3,019 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Total number of upper secondary school age female youth who are not enrolled in upper secondary education.