Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Israel

Israel: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper was 0.9% in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
0.9%
Change on year
down 7.8%
World rank
138th
of 142 countries
All-time high
3.2%
in 1999
All-time low
0.8%
in 2015
Years of data
15
1999–2018

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Israel, 1999–2018

11.522.531999200820181999: 3.2 %2000: 1.2 %2001: 1 %2002: 0.933 %2007: 0.806 %2008: 1.2 %2009: 1.3 %2010: 1.2 %2011: 1.2 %2012: 1.2 %2013: 1.2 %2014: 1.1 %2015: 0.786 %2016: 1 %2018: 0.929 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Israel recorded 0.9% for out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in 2018.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.8% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Israel peaked at 3.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2015.

Israel ranks 138th of 142 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Israel, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%) in Israel, 1999 to 2018.
Year % Change
1999 3.2%
2000 1.2% -61.1%
2001 1.0% -17.8%
2002 0.9% -7.4%
2007 0.8% -13.6%
2008 1.2% +44.7%
2009 1.3% +12.6%
2010 1.2% -7.9%
2011 1.2% -2.4%
2012 1.2% -1.9%
2013 1.2% +1.9%
2014 1.1% -8.9%
2015 0.8% -26.9%
2016 1.0% +28.1%
2018 0.9% -7.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 1
2000s 1.1% 0.8% 1.3% 6
2010s 1.1% 0.8% 1.2% 8

Countries ranked near Israel

  1. 135 Spain 1.0% compare
  2. 136 Kazakhstan 1.0% compare
  3. 137 Lithuania 0.9% compare
  4. 139 Ireland 0.9% compare
  5. 140 Hong Kong, China 0.6% compare
  6. 141 Portugal 0.5% compare

See the full ranking of 185 places →

More reference data data for Israel

All data for Israel →

Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Israel?
Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Israel was 0.9% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper recorded in Israel?
The highest recorded value was 3.2% in 1999.
What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper recorded in Israel?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2015.
How does Israel rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper?
Israel ranks 138th out of 142 countries with data for 2018.
Is out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper rising or falling in Israel?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Israel data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 15 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 rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Israel. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-rate-for-adolescents-and-youth-of-lower-and-upper-secondary-school-age-both/israel/

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-rate-for-adolescents-and-youth-of-lower-and-upper-secondary-school-age-both/israel/">Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Israel</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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/