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

Namibia: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper was 18.1% in 2007. ▼ Falling

Latest (2007)
18.1%
Change on year
down 11.1%
World rank
50th
of 142 countries
All-time high
25.3%
in 2003
All-time low
18.1%
in 2007
Years of data
11
1995–2007

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Namibia, 1995–2007

01020301995200120071995: 23.4 %1998: 23.4 %1999: 25 %2000: 25.1 %2001: 25 %2002: 21.6 %2003: 25.3 %2004: 23.3 %2005: 21.8 %2006: 20.3 %2007: 18.1 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2007, out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Namibia stood at 18.1%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Namibia peaked at 25.3% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 18.1%, in 2007.

Namibia ranks 50th of 142 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%) in Namibia, 1995 to 2007.
Year % Change
1995 23.4%
1998 23.4% +0.1%
1999 25.0% +6.8%
2000 25.1% +0.4%
2001 25.0% -0.7%
2002 21.6% -13.4%
2003 25.3% +16.9%
2004 23.3% -7.9%
2005 21.8% -6.4%
2006 20.3% -6.6%
2007 18.1% -11.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 24.0% 23.4% 25.0% 3
2000s 22.6% 18.1% 25.3% 8

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 47 Morocco 18.5%
  2. 48 Puerto Rico 18.2%
  3. 49 South Africa 18.1% compare
  4. 51 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 17.7% compare
  5. 52 Bhutan 17.4% compare
  6. 53 Timor-Leste 17.2%

See the full ranking of 185 places →

More reference data data for Namibia

All data for Namibia →

Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Namibia?
Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Namibia was 18.1% in 2007, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper recorded in Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 25.3% in 2003.
What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 18.1% in 2007.
How does Namibia rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper?
Namibia ranks 50th out of 142 countries with data for 2007.
Is out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper rising or falling in Namibia?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Namibia 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 — 11 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 Namibia. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-rate-for-adolescents-and-youth-of-lower-and-upper-secondary-school-age-both/namibia/

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/namibia/">Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Namibia</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/