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Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%) by country

Number of adolescents and youth of lower secondary and upper 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
73.2%
Niger
Lowest
0.2%
Azerbaijan
Median
11.5%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,210

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 73.2% in Niger; the lowest is 0.2% in Azerbaijan.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.5%, and the mean is 16.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 328.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 505.3%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 97.5%).

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 73.2% 2017 down 13.2% falling
2 Chad 68.5% 2019 — falling
3 Mali 63.2% 2018 up 0.1% flat
4 Guinea 57.7% 2014 down 12.6% falling
5 Djibouti 55.6% 2015 down 24.8% falling
6 Ethiopia 55.5% 2015 down 15.0% falling
7 Burkina Faso 54.1% 2019 down 28.9% falling
8 Mozambique 52.8% 2015 down 1.0% falling
9 Côte d'Ivoire 50.1% 2019 down 13.6% falling
10 Syrian Arab Republic 48.4% 2013 up 28.7% falling
11 Burundi 48.3% 2019 down 9.1% falling
12 Guatemala 45.8% 2018 up 0.6% falling
13 Honduras 45.1% 2019 up 7.4% flat
14 Cameroon 42.9% 2015 — falling
15 Eritrea 42.6% 2018 down 14.7% falling
16 Yemen 42.0% 2016 down 16.6% falling
17 Mauritania 41.6% 2019 down 36.5% falling
18 Iraq 38.3% 2007 down 35.9% falling
19 Cambodia 38.3% 2008 down 54.1% falling
20 Tuvalu 37.9% 2019 up 18.6% rising
21 Jordan 34.7% 2019 up 93.0% rising
22 British Virgin Islands 34.7% 2018 up 268.2% volatile
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 34.4% 2019 down 2.8% falling
24 Malawi 34.2% 2019 down 2.6% falling
25 Zimbabwe 32.1% 2013 down 31.6% falling
26 Bahamas 31.0% 2018 up 505.3% volatile
27 Myanmar 28.3% 2018 down 39.3% falling
28 Panama 27.8% 2017 up 7.5% falling
29 El Salvador 25.6% 2018 up 16.5% falling
30 Malaysia 25.3% 2017 up 11.6% rising
31 Suriname 24.7% 2015 down 31.5% falling
32 Turks and Caicos Islands 24.5% 2018 up 100.3% rising
33 Lesotho 23.9% 2016 up 17.3% falling
34 Cayman Islands 22.1% 2018 up 20.7% rising
35 Nicaragua 21.6% 2010 down 46.9% falling
36 Republic of Moldova 21.1% 2019 up 12.2% rising
37 Kenya 20.6% 2009 down 42.4% falling
38 Paraguay 20.5% 2012 down 22.0% falling
39 Thailand 20.4% 2010 — falling
40 Jamaica 20.2% 2019 up 40.6% rising
41 Cape Verde 20.0% 2018 down 3.8% falling
42 Vanuatu 19.8% 2015 down 47.5% falling
43 Indonesia 19.4% 2018 down 40.0% falling
44 Ghana 19.0% 2019 down 39.0% falling
45 Belize 18.9% 2019 down 15.3% falling
46 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 18.6% 2018 up 65.1% rising
47 Morocco 18.5% 2019 down 51.5% falling
48 Puerto Rico 18.2% 2018 down 14.4% falling
49 South Africa 18.1% 2018 down 7.8% falling
50 Namibia 18.1% 2007 down 22.8% falling
51 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 17.7% 2017 up 5.7% volatile
52 Bhutan 17.4% 2018 down 48.5% falling
53 Timor-Leste 17.2% 2019 down 48.2% falling
54 Mexico 16.9% 2018 down 28.3% falling
55 Iran, Islamic Republic of 15.4% 2017 down 22.3% falling
56 Tajikistan 15.2% 2011 down 42.6% falling
57 Mauritius 14.5% 2019 up 3.6% falling
58 Saint Lucia 14.4% 2019 up 5.9% falling
59 Romania 14.4% 2018 — rising
60 Cuba 14.1% 2019 up 21.8% falling
61 Dominican Republic 13.8% 2019 down 39.0% falling
62 Brunei Darussalam 13.8% 2019 up 45.9% falling
63 Tonga 13.7% 2015 down 7.6% rising
64 Fiji 13.3% 2012 down 32.1% falling
65 Luxembourg 13.2% 2018 up 17.5% falling
66 Sao Tome and Principe 13.2% 2015 down 69.1% falling
67 Mongolia 12.8% 2006 down 64.9% falling
68 Egypt 12.7% 2019 down 34.4% falling
69 Bulgaria 12.5% 2018 down 10.4% falling
70 Ecuador 12.3% 2018 down 62.9% falling
71 Türkiye 11.6% 2018 down 37.3% falling
72 Kuwait 11.4% 2015 up 5.9% falling
73 Colombia 11.1% 2018 down 19.1% falling
74 Switzerland 11.0% 2018 down 3.0% falling
75 Palestine, State of 10.6% 2019 down 25.3% falling
76 Armenia 10.4% 2019 up 108.7% flat
77 Albania 10.4% 2019 down 7.9% volatile
78 Seychelles 10.1% 2019 down 60.0% falling
79 Philippines 10.1% 2015 down 23.6% falling
80 Liechtenstein 9.2% 2018 up 25.8% rising
81 Kyrgyzstan 9.1% 2019 down 34.5% falling
82 Grenada 8.6% 2017 up 16.4% falling
83 Aruba 8.6% 2009 up 91.7% rising
84 Dominica 8.4% 2019 down 68.1% rising
85 Bahrain 8.1% 2019 down 13.6% falling
86 Eswatini 8.0% 2015 down 36.8% volatile
87 Germany 7.9% 2018 up 114.6% rising
88 Croatia 7.7% 2018 up 1.9% falling
89 Hungary 7.6% 2018 up 28.6% falling
90 Macau, China 7.6% 2019 down 66.0% falling
91 Iceland 7.5% 2018 down 29.9% falling
92 Slovakia 7.4% 2018 down 7.2% rising
93 Botswana 7.4% 2003 down 51.6% volatile
94 Serbia 7.3% 2019 down 19.3% falling
95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.1% 2018 up 18.9% falling
96 Samoa 6.9% 2016 down 48.6% volatile
97 Qatar 6.7% 2010 down 67.0% falling
98 Malta 6.1% 2018 down 28.9% falling
99 Uruguay 6.1% 2017 down 63.5% falling
100 Uzbekistan 6.0% 2019 down 54.2% falling
101 Denmark 5.6% 2018 down 24.2% falling
102 United Arab Emirates 5.3% 2017 — volatile
103 Argentina 5.2% 2017 down 53.4% volatile
104 Austria 5.1% 2018 up 62.4% rising
105 Barbados 5.1% 2019 down 40.9% volatile
106 Chile 4.8% 2018 down 45.6% falling
107 Peru 4.8% 2019 down 47.8% falling
108 Greece 4.5% 2018 down 51.1% volatile
109 Ukraine 4.3% 2014 up 72.9% rising
110 Australia 4.2% 2018 — volatile
111 Italy 4.2% 2018 up 1.6% falling
112 Norway 4.1% 2018 up 27.4% falling
113 Oman 3.7% 2019 down 67.4% volatile
114 Costa Rica 3.7% 2019 down 71.7% volatile
115 Cyprus 3.5% 2018 up 39.1% falling
116 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.5% 2016 down 73.5% volatile
117 Canada 3.4% 2018 down 54.3% falling
118 Republic of Korea 3.4% 2018 — falling
119 Poland 2.9% 2018 down 62.9% falling
120 Georgia 2.8% 2019 down 34.2% volatile
121 Latvia 2.6% 2018 down 42.3% falling
122 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.6% 2018 down 58.2% volatile
123 France 2.4% 2018 down 29.1% falling
124 Saudi Arabia 2.2% 2019 down 83.2% volatile
125 Czechia 2.1% 2018 up 63.1% volatile
126 United States of America 2.0% 2018 — falling
127 Finland 1.9% 2018 down 50.9% falling
128 Slovenia 1.7% 2018 down 69.8% falling
129 New Zealand 1.7% 2018 down 60.0% volatile
130 Netherlands 1.4% 2018 down 47.2% falling
131 Belgium 1.3% 2018 down 38.6% volatile
132 Estonia 1.2% 2018 down 76.8% volatile
133 Belarus 1.1% 2018 down 44.5% volatile
134 Sweden 1.0% 2016 down 26.2% volatile
135 Spain 1.0% 2018 down 81.6% volatile
136 Kazakhstan 1.0% 2013 down 87.3% volatile
137 Lithuania 0.9% 2018 down 14.5% volatile
138 Israel 0.9% 2018 down 20.4% falling
139 Ireland 0.9% 2018 down 76.3% volatile
140 Hong Kong, China 0.6% 2019 down 96.7% volatile
141 Portugal 0.5% 2018 down 95.1% volatile
142 Azerbaijan 0.2% 2019 down 97.5% 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 rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 4,210 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of adolescents and youth of lower secondary and upper 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/