Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both sexes (number) by country

Name: Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Number of adolescents and youth of secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/

Countries reporting

142

Highest

7.99 million number

Ethiopia

Lowest

136 number

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Median

47,461 number

Years covered

1970–2019

Data points

4,335

What the numbers show

Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 7.99 million number in Ethiopia; the lowest is 136 number in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

The median across all reporting countries is 47,461 number, and the mean is 413,162 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 58,780.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 527.5%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong, China (down 98.2%).

Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Ethiopia	7.99 million number	2015	up 32.2%	rising
2	Indonesia	5.44 million number	2018	down 36.2%	falling
3	Niger	2.37 million number	2017	up 37.3%	rising
4	Mexico	2.28 million number	2018	down 27.1%	falling
5	Côte d'Ivoire	2.04 million number	2019	down 3.3%	flat
6	Chad	1.79 million number	2019	—	rising
7	Burkina Faso	1.76 million number	2019	up 0.3%	flat
8	Myanmar	1.73 million number	2018	down 36.2%	falling
9	Syrian Arab Republic	1.71 million number	2013	up 34.8%	falling
10	Mozambique	1.69 million number	2015	up 39.1%	falling
11	Mali	1.61 million number	2018	up 36.5%	rising
12	Yemen	1.56 million number	2016	down 12.5%	rising
13	Cameroon	1.53 million number	2015	—	rising
14	Iraq	1.45 million number	2007	down 23.5%	falling
15	Egypt	1.34 million number	2019	down 32.1%	falling
16	Türkiye	1.26 million number	2018	down 10.7%	falling
17	Thailand	1.19 million number	2010	—	falling
18	Kenya	1.16 million number	2009	down 33.9%	falling
19	Guatemala	1.07 million number	2018	up 18.6%	rising
20	Guinea	1.05 million number	2014	up 13.6%	rising
21	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.01 million number	2017	down 46.6%	falling
22	Malawi	913,029 number	2019	up 27.6%	rising
23	South Africa	879,089 number	2018	down 16.0%	falling
24	Philippines	842,615 number	2015	down 16.9%	falling
25	Malaysia	811,299 number	2017	up 11.1%	rising
26	Cambodia	787,884 number	2008	down 45.5%	falling
27	Ghana	724,820 number	2019	down 37.3%	falling
28	Burundi	696,760 number	2019	down 8.7%	falling
29	Morocco	666,429 number	2019	down 54.7%	falling
30	Zimbabwe	586,035 number	2013	down 34.1%	falling
31	Germany	564,999 number	2018	up 99.6%	rising
32	Colombia	549,723 number	2018	down 23.9%	falling
33	United States of America	492,918 number	2018	—	falling
34	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	481,034 number	2017	up 5.4%	falling
35	Honduras	468,094 number	2019	up 6.9%	flat
36	Jordan	443,777 number	2019	up 202.3%	volatile
37	Lao People's Democratic Republic	348,219 number	2019	up 5.6%	rising
38	Mauritania	274,107 number	2019	down 1.3%	rising
39	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	255,737 number	2018	up 82.1%	rising
40	Uzbekistan	252,035 number	2019	down 61.3%	falling
41	Romania	235,160 number	2018	—	rising
42	Eritrea	232,651 number	2018	down 8.7%	rising
43	Ecuador	228,954 number	2018	down 60.1%	falling
44	Argentina	219,434 number	2017	down 53.3%	falling
45	Italy	190,358 number	2018	up 2.6%	falling
46	El Salvador	186,656 number	2018	up 4.0%	falling
47	Tajikistan	185,569 number	2011	down 38.1%	falling
48	Paraguay	170,520 number	2012	down 16.1%	falling
49	Dominican Republic	159,202 number	2019	down 39.1%	falling
50	France	142,336 number	2018	down 25.0%	falling
51	Nicaragua	137,093 number	2010	down 46.8%	falling
52	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	130,597 number	2018	down 60.7%	volatile
53	Peru	125,059 number	2019	down 53.7%	falling
54	Ukraine	122,416 number	2014	up 10.3%	rising
55	Panama	117,820 number	2017	up 17.6%	falling
56	Cuba	108,236 number	2019	up 5.2%	volatile
57	Korea	99,793 number	2018	down 51.4%	falling
58	Palestine, State of	92,447 number	2019	down 20.5%	falling
59	Canada	79,642 number	2018	down 57.3%	falling
60	Australia	75,989 number	2018	—	volatile
61	Chile	72,079 number	2018	down 53.5%	falling
62	Djibouti	70,726 number	2015	down 27.3%	falling
63	Kyrgyzstan	65,753 number	2019	down 42.7%	falling
64	Switzerland	65,430 number	2018	down 5.3%	falling
65	Saudi Arabia	63,564 number	2019	down 85.0%	volatile
66	Bulgaria	63,325 number	2018	down 31.7%	falling
67	Poland	61,210 number	2018	down 75.0%	falling
68	Hungary	59,511 number	2018	up 4.0%	falling
69	Republic of Moldova	54,830 number	2019	down 21.5%	falling
70	Lesotho	52,531 number	2016	up 7.7%	falling
71	Jamaica	48,069 number	2019	up 21.8%	rising
72	Mongolia	46,853 number	2006	down 65.5%	falling
73	Puerto Rico	46,742 number	2018	down 34.3%	falling
74	Namibia	43,474 number	2007	down 7.0%	flat
75	Serbia	40,586 number	2019	down 31.6%	falling
76	Slovakia	35,860 number	2018	down 30.4%	falling
77	Kuwait	35,156 number	2015	up 36.2%	rising
78	Austria	34,920 number	2018	up 44.1%	rising
79	Timor-Leste	32,176 number	2019	down 38.3%	falling
80	Armenia	29,871 number	2019	up 92.1%	falling
81	Greece	28,550 number	2018	down 55.1%	volatile
82	Albania	27,918 number	2019	down 31.1%	volatile
83	Spain	26,976 number	2018	down 81.5%	volatile
84	United Arab Emirates	26,681 number	2017	—	flat
85	Croatia	25,538 number	2018	down 14.9%	volatile
86	Denmark	22,895 number	2018	down 24.4%	falling
87	Qatar	22,126 number	2019	up 404.0%	volatile
88	Mauritius	18,211 number	2019	down 8.7%	falling
89	Uruguay	18,109 number	2017	down 66.2%	falling
90	Suriname	17,451 number	2015	down 30.6%	falling
91	Netherlands	17,341 number	2018	down 47.0%	falling
92	Czechia	16,008 number	2018	up 21.9%	volatile
93	Norway	15,841 number	2018	up 29.6%	rising
94	Kazakhstan	15,753 number	2013	down 90.4%	volatile
95	Oman	15,173 number	2019	down 58.7%	volatile
96	Botswana	15,025 number	2003	down 46.0%	falling
97	Bhutan	14,706 number	2018	down 54.3%	falling
98	Fiji	14,398 number	2012	down 38.0%	falling
99	Costa Rica	13,104 number	2019	down 75.0%	falling
100	Cape Verde	12,090 number	2018	down 21.7%	falling
101	Bahamas	11,998 number	2018	up 527.5%	volatile
102	Eswatini	10,615 number	2015	down 38.3%	falling
103	Belgium	9,702 number	2018	down 39.7%	volatile
104	Belize	8,906 number	2019	down 6.5%	rising
105	Bahrain	8,504 number	2019	up 5.7%	rising
106	Vanuatu	7,527 number	2015	down 38.5%	falling
107	Israel	7,362 number	2018	down 4.4%	falling
108	Georgia	7,356 number	2019	down 51.3%	volatile
109	New Zealand	7,282 number	2018	down 60.0%	volatile
110	Belarus	7,142 number	2018	down 57.8%	volatile
111	Finland	6,679 number	2018	down 56.4%	falling
112	Brunei Darussalam	6,386 number	2019	up 38.0%	falling
113	Luxembourg	6,168 number	2018	up 36.0%	rising
114	Sweden	6,054 number	2016	down 39.9%	volatile
115	Sao Tome and Principe	3,528 number	2015	down 56.2%	falling
116	Portugal	2,901 number	2018	down 95.4%	volatile
117	Latvia	2,803 number	2018	down 64.4%	falling
118	Ireland	2,738 number	2018	down 73.7%	volatile
119	Azerbaijan	2,279 number	2019	down 97.3%	volatile
120	Iceland	2,241 number	2018	down 35.3%	falling
121	Slovenia	2,235 number	2018	down 74.0%	volatile
122	Tonga	2,146 number	2015	up 8.7%	rising
123	Lithuania	2,039 number	2018	down 48.1%	volatile
124	Hong Kong, China	1,974 number	2019	down 98.2%	volatile
125	Macau, China	1,969 number	2019	down 81.2%	falling
126	Cyprus	1,924 number	2018	up 15.5%	volatile
127	Samoa	1,909 number	2016	down 51.6%	volatile
128	Saint Lucia	1,823 number	2019	down 21.8%	falling
129	Malta	1,761 number	2018	down 39.3%	falling
130	Cayman Islands	998 number	2018	up 36.7%	rising
131	Seychelles	945 number	2019	down 63.7%	volatile
132	Barbados	943 number	2019	down 43.0%	volatile
133	Estonia	863 number	2018	down 83.9%	volatile
134	British Virgin Islands	767 number	2018	up 321.4%	volatile
135	Turks and Caicos Islands	741 number	2018	up 162.8%	rising
136	Grenada	666 number	2017	down 21.3%	falling
137	Aruba	663 number	2009	up 136.8%	rising
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	648 number	2018	up 2.2%	volatile
139	Tuvalu	629 number	2019	up 28.9%	rising
140	Dominica	404 number	2019	down 80.4%	volatile
141	Liechtenstein	253 number	2018	up 16.1%	rising
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	136 number	2016	down 75.0%	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 198.68 million number
IDA & IBRD total 194.52 million number
Low & middle income 194.49 million number
Middle income 150.89 million number
Lower middle income 119.12 million number
Early-demographic dividend 114.71 million number
IBRD only 99.37 million number
IDA total 95.26 million number
South Asia 80.69 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 80.69 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 68.59 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 68.59 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 68.57 million number
IDA only 64.95 million number
Least developed countries 62.12 million number
Pre-demographic dividend 60.91 million number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 54.10 million number
Low income 43.60 million number
Upper middle income 31.76 million number
IDA blend 30.20 million number
East Asia & Pacific 26.59 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 25.26 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 24.93 million number
Late-demographic dividend 19.34 million number
Arab World 12.71 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 9.29 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 9.10 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 9.01 million number
Latin America & Caribbean 8.77 million number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 8.59 million number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 8.48 million number
OECD members 7.60 million number
High income 4.19 million number
Europe & Central Asia 4.09 million number
Post-demographic dividend 3.69 million number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.70 million number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 2.38 million number
European Union 1.69 million number
Euro area 1.08 million number
Small states 894,772 number

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Indicator: Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 187 places, 4,335 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026