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

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
138
Highest
4.08 million number
Ethiopia
Lowest
43 number
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Median
21,094 number
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,214

What the numbers show

Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female (number) is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 4.08 million number in Ethiopia; the lowest is 43 number in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

The median across all reporting countries is 21,094 number, and the mean is 208,429 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 94,964.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 497.7%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong, China (down 99.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 4.08 million number 2015 up 17.5% rising
2 Indonesia 2.43 million number 2018 down 42.6% falling
3 Niger 1.22 million number 2017 up 36.0% rising
4 Côte d'Ivoire 1.12 million number 2019 down 6.1% falling
5 Mexico 1.03 million number 2018 down 31.7% falling
6 Chad 988,392 number 2019 — rising
7 Yemen 922,654 number 2016 down 13.2% rising
8 Mozambique 915,296 number 2015 up 29.7% falling
9 Iraq 871,623 number 2007 down 18.6% falling
10 Syrian Arab Republic 844,042 number 2013 up 29.6% falling
11 Mali 840,981 number 2018 up 29.1% rising
12 Cameroon 837,347 number 2015 — rising
13 Burkina Faso 836,566 number 2019 down 6.9% flat
14 Myanmar 796,048 number 2018 down 43.6% falling
15 Kenya 688,252 number 2009 down 26.2% falling
16 Egypt 646,941 number 2019 down 32.5% falling
17 Türkiye 637,215 number 2018 down 25.5% falling
18 Guinea 597,105 number 2014 up 11.3% rising
19 Guatemala 549,480 number 2018 up 15.9% flat
20 Iran, Islamic Republic of 544,043 number 2017 down 48.4% falling
21 Malawi 480,930 number 2019 up 24.7% rising
22 Cambodia 415,356 number 2008 down 45.6% falling
23 South Africa 411,263 number 2018 down 18.2% falling
24 Morocco 362,544 number 2019 down 56.2% falling
25 Malaysia 344,140 number 2017 up 9.2% rising
26 Ghana 333,248 number 2019 down 45.9% falling
27 Burundi 330,456 number 2019 down 19.6% falling
28 Zimbabwe 320,425 number 2013 down 34.7% falling
29 Philippines 308,748 number 2015 down 19.7% falling
30 Germany 272,824 number 2018 up 90.5% rising
31 Colombia 251,630 number 2018 down 19.8% falling
32 Jordan 215,540 number 2019 up 227.5% volatile
33 United States of America 213,231 number 2018 — falling
34 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 205,576 number 2017 up 8.0% falling
35 Honduras 204,250 number 2019 up 0.4% falling
36 Lao People's Democratic Republic 176,913 number 2019 down 6.7% falling
37 Uzbekistan 141,372 number 2019 down 56.4% falling
38 Mauritania 127,098 number 2019 down 7.8% rising
39 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 126,244 number 2018 up 77.8% rising
40 Eritrea 125,089 number 2018 down 15.9% rising
41 Tajikistan 120,113 number 2011 down 35.6% falling
42 Romania 110,214 number 2018 — rising
43 Ecuador 102,785 number 2018 down 63.6% falling
44 Peru 98,195 number 2019 down 6.8% falling
45 El Salvador 94,841 number 2018 down 1.8% falling
46 Paraguay 90,229 number 2012 down 12.5% falling
47 Italy 87,333 number 2018 up 8.1% volatile
48 Dominican Republic 76,467 number 2019 down 38.6% falling
49 France 61,569 number 2018 down 27.3% falling
50 Argentina 61,473 number 2017 down 57.5% volatile
51 Nicaragua 60,683 number 2010 down 46.1% falling
52 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 60,028 number 2018 down 54.8% volatile
53 Panama 54,925 number 2017 up 18.3% falling
54 Republic of Korea 50,992 number 2018 down 47.4% falling
55 Ukraine 49,031 number 2014 up 52.6% rising
56 Cuba 46,980 number 2019 down 2.0% volatile
57 Canada 37,587 number 2018 down 59.2% falling
58 Chile 37,021 number 2018 down 49.1% falling
59 Poland 35,432 number 2018 down 67.6% falling
60 Switzerland 35,220 number 2018 down 11.1% falling
61 Bulgaria 33,906 number 2018 down 30.1% falling
62 Australia 32,581 number 2018 — volatile
63 Djibouti 32,309 number 2015 down 37.5% falling
64 Kyrgyzstan 31,512 number 2019 down 40.5% falling
65 Palestine, State of 29,181 number 2019 down 37.3% falling
66 Hungary 28,413 number 2018 down 0.6% falling
67 Republic of Moldova 27,284 number 2019 down 16.9% falling
68 Jamaica 22,209 number 2019 up 41.4% rising
69 Lesotho 21,468 number 2016 up 5.6% falling
70 Namibia 20,721 number 2007 down 6.1% flat
71 United Arab Emirates 18,949 number 2017 — rising
72 Puerto Rico 17,959 number 2018 down 46.2% falling
73 Serbia 17,927 number 2019 down 28.5% falling
74 Slovakia 17,513 number 2018 down 28.5% falling
75 Greece 16,928 number 2018 down 50.4% volatile
76 Oman 15,880 number 2018 down 24.3% volatile
77 Austria 15,726 number 2018 down 15.9% flat
78 Mongolia 15,315 number 2006 down 67.5% falling
79 Kuwait 14,048 number 2015 up 55.2% rising
80 Timor-Leste 13,938 number 2019 down 46.9% falling
81 Denmark 10,755 number 2018 down 19.0% falling
82 Armenia 9,829 number 2019 up 18.1% flat
83 Croatia 9,761 number 2018 down 16.8% volatile
84 Albania 9,685 number 2019 down 49.3% volatile
85 Czechia 8,441 number 2018 up 64.2% volatile
86 Norway 7,672 number 2018 up 36.4% rising
87 Mauritius 7,254 number 2019 down 28.1% falling
88 Spain 7,087 number 2018 down 87.0% volatile
89 Suriname 7,023 number 2015 down 39.5% falling
90 Botswana 6,625 number 2003 down 47.6% falling
91 Uruguay 6,276 number 2017 down 73.2% falling
92 Eswatini 5,827 number 2015 down 50.7% falling
93 Netherlands 5,804 number 2018 down 61.4% falling
94 Bahamas 5,744 number 2018 up 497.7% volatile
95 Cape Verde 5,544 number 2018 down 16.9% falling
96 Belgium 5,187 number 2018 down 27.9% volatile
97 Fiji 5,119 number 2012 down 45.0% falling
98 Costa Rica 4,846 number 2019 down 80.1% volatile
99 Bhutan 4,736 number 2018 down 69.5% falling
100 Belize 4,428 number 2019 down 4.5% rising
101 Sweden 4,291 number 2015 down 24.2% volatile
102 Finland 4,048 number 2018 down 44.4% falling
103 Vanuatu 3,976 number 2015 down 39.2% falling
104 Qatar 3,157 number 2010 down 23.1% rising
105 Luxembourg 2,722 number 2018 up 36.4% rising
106 Brunei Darussalam 2,650 number 2019 up 23.7% falling
107 Portugal 2,546 number 2018 down 89.7% volatile
108 Georgia 2,382 number 2019 down 25.6% volatile
109 New Zealand 2,080 number 2018 down 69.9% volatile
110 Belarus 1,828 number 2018 down 77.6% volatile
111 Bahrain 1,519 number 2019 down 64.7% volatile
112 Sao Tome and Principe 1,460 number 2015 down 64.0% falling
113 Latvia 1,128 number 2018 down 67.7% volatile
114 Cyprus 1,114 number 2018 up 195.5% volatile
115 Saint Lucia 944 number 2019 down 9.1% falling
116 Iceland 934 number 2018 down 39.2% falling
117 Tonga 888 number 2015 up 17.8% rising
118 Slovenia 843 number 2018 down 76.6% volatile
119 Malta 737 number 2018 down 41.4% volatile
120 Macau, China 731 number 2019 down 86.4% falling
121 Lithuania 620 number 2018 up 13.1% volatile
122 Ireland 584 number 2018 down 78.3% volatile
123 Hong Kong, China 543 number 2019 down 99.0% volatile
124 Cayman Islands 475 number 2018 up 33.1% rising
125 Samoa 449 number 2016 down 62.2% volatile
126 Israel 430 number 2015 down 81.0% volatile
127 British Virgin Islands 379 number 2018 up 325.8% volatile
128 Turks and Caicos Islands 363 number 2018 up 278.1% volatile
129 Seychelles 301 number 2019 down 71.1% volatile
130 Estonia 291 number 2018 down 80.8% volatile
131 Tuvalu 282 number 2019 up 45.4% rising
132 Barbados 263 number 2019 down 67.8% volatile
133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 258 number 2018 up 101.6% volatile
134 Aruba 251 number 2009 up 134.6% rising
135 Dominica 205 number 2019 down 73.8% volatile
136 Grenada 184 number 2015 down 62.8% volatile
137 Liechtenstein 182 number 2018 up 5.8% rising
138 Saint Kitts and Nevis 43 number 2016 down 74.4% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 4,214 data points, 1970–2019
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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/