Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male was 28,783 number in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
28,783 number
Change on year
down 20.7%
World rank
67th
of 138 countries
All-time high
37,750 number
in 2012
All-time low
26,589 number
in 2014
Years of data
7
2011–2018

Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male in Puerto Rico, 2011–2018

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2011201420182011: 37.7k number2012: 37.8k number2013: 31.4k number2014: 26.6k number2015: 28.7k number2016: 36.3k number2018: 28.8k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Puerto Rico recorded 28,783 number for out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male in 2018.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.7% on the previous year and down 23.7% over ten years.

Puerto Rico ranks 67th of 138 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male in Puerto Rico, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male (number) in Puerto Rico, 2011 to 2018.
Year number Change
2011 37,715 number
2012 37,750 number +0.1%
2013 31,404 number -16.8%
2014 26,589 number -15.3%
2015 28,720 number +8.0%
2016 36,304 number +26.4%
2018 28,783 number -20.7%

Puerto Rico compared with similar countries

  • Puerto Rico's 28,783 number is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,620 number, 4.3× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Puerto Rico's 28,783 number is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26,864 number, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 64 Lesotho 31,063 number compare
  2. 65 Switzerland 30,210 number compare
  3. 66 Bulgaria 29,419 number compare
  4. 68 Republic of Moldova 27,546 number compare
  5. 69 Peru 26,864 number compare
  6. 70 Jamaica 25,860 number compare

See the full ranking of 183 places →

More reference data data for Puerto Rico

All data for Puerto Rico →

Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male in Puerto Rico?
Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male in Puerto Rico was 28,783 number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 37,750 number in 2012.
What is the lowest out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 26,589 number in 2014.
How does Puerto Rico rank for out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male?
Puerto Rico ranks 67th out of 138 countries with data for 2018.
Is out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male in Puerto Rico. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-adolescents-and-youth-of-secondary-school-age-male-number/puerto-rico-us/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-adolescents-and-youth-of-secondary-school-age-male-number/puerto-rico-us/">Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male in Puerto Rico</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 4,212 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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/