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Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, male (%) 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
138
Highest
69.7%
Niger
Lowest
0.1%
Azerbaijan
Median
13.1%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,095

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, male (%) is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 69.7% in Niger; the lowest is 0.1% in Azerbaijan.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.1%, and the mean is 17.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 702.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 538.4%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 99.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 69.7% 2017 down 13.6% falling
2 Chad 61.2% 2019 — falling
3 Mali 59.7% 2018 up 6.6% flat
4 Burkina Faso 55.6% 2019 down 23.8% falling
5 Djibouti 55.3% 2015 down 19.7% falling
6 Ethiopia 53.7% 2015 down 2.9% falling
7 Burundi 50.8% 2019 up 3.1% flat
8 Honduras 49.8% 2019 up 12.9% rising
9 Guinea 49.4% 2014 down 11.0% falling
10 Mozambique 48.7% 2015 up 8.7% falling
11 Syrian Arab Republic 47.8% 2013 up 33.9% falling
12 Côte d'Ivoire 45.3% 2019 down 10.7% falling
13 Mauritania 44.0% 2019 down 32.2% falling
14 Guatemala 43.5% 2018 up 2.3% falling
15 Tuvalu 40.8% 2019 up 8.3% flat
16 Cameroon 38.7% 2015 — falling
17 Eritrea 38.7% 2018 down 6.3% falling
18 Jordan 35.4% 2019 up 82.4% rising
19 Cambodia 35.4% 2008 down 54.9% falling
20 British Virgin Islands 34.4% 2018 up 258.4% volatile
21 Yemen 33.8% 2016 down 15.6% rising
22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33.3% 2019 up 11.7% falling
23 Bahamas 32.5% 2018 up 538.4% volatile
24 Malawi 32.3% 2019 down 0.8% flat
25 Myanmar 30.5% 2018 down 37.5% falling
26 Iraq 29.7% 2007 down 41.5% falling
27 Zimbabwe 29.4% 2013 down 31.0% falling
28 Panama 29.1% 2017 up 6.9% falling
29 Suriname 28.5% 2015 down 24.8% falling
30 Malaysia 28.2% 2017 up 12.6% rising
31 Lesotho 28.1% 2016 up 18.6% falling
32 El Salvador 25.0% 2018 up 23.1% falling
33 Turks and Caicos Islands 24.5% 2018 up 54.1% rising
34 Nicaragua 23.5% 2010 down 47.8% falling
35 Bhutan 23.1% 2018 down 32.4% falling
36 Cayman Islands 22.9% 2018 up 23.2% rising
37 Cape Verde 21.5% 2018 down 7.7% falling
38 Jamaica 21.3% 2019 up 26.6% rising
39 Puerto Rico 21.3% 2018 down 3.5% flat
40 Indonesia 20.9% 2018 down 34.9% falling
41 Republic of Moldova 20.6% 2019 up 5.2% rising
42 Ghana 20.1% 2019 down 29.6% falling
43 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 19.9% 2017 up 3.6% falling
44 Timor-Leste 19.3% 2019 down 40.9% falling
45 Namibia 19.2% 2007 down 23.3% falling
46 South Africa 19.1% 2018 down 5.5% falling
47 Paraguay 18.9% 2012 down 25.7% falling
48 Belize 18.8% 2019 down 17.5% falling
49 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 18.5% 2018 up 69.1% rising
50 Mexico 18.3% 2018 down 24.7% falling
51 Vanuatu 18.1% 2015 down 46.8% falling
52 Mongolia 17.1% 2006 down 62.2% falling
53 Mauritius 17.1% 2019 up 25.2% falling
54 Kenya 16.8% 2009 down 50.0% falling
55 Fiji 16.7% 2012 down 26.9% falling
56 Morocco 16.5% 2019 down 49.6% falling
57 Brunei Darussalam 15.7% 2019 up 59.0% falling
58 Tonga 15.5% 2015 down 10.3% flat
59 Cuba 15.5% 2019 up 29.7% volatile
60 Sao Tome and Principe 15.3% 2015 down 63.6% falling
61 Romania 14.8% 2018 — rising
62 Luxembourg 14.3% 2018 up 16.3% falling
63 Palestine, State of 14.3% 2019 down 14.7% falling
64 Dominican Republic 14.2% 2019 down 39.6% falling
65 Iran, Islamic Republic of 13.9% 2017 down 19.8% falling
66 Saint Lucia 13.8% 2019 down 8.0% falling
67 Seychelles 13.5% 2019 down 53.6% falling
68 Ecuador 13.3% 2018 down 59.8% falling
69 Kuwait 13.2% 2015 down 1.4% falling
70 Armenia 13.0% 2019 up 188.3% rising
71 Egypt 12.7% 2019 down 34.2% falling
72 Albania 12.7% 2019 up 11.1% falling
73 Bahrain 12.5% 2019 up 43.7% rising
74 Philippines 12.4% 2015 down 22.9% falling
75 Colombia 11.8% 2018 down 22.5% falling
76 Bulgaria 11.3% 2018 down 13.0% falling
77 Türkiye 11.2% 2018 down 21.8% falling
78 Aruba 10.5% 2009 up 91.8% volatile
79 Tajikistan 10.5% 2011 down 47.0% falling
80 Samoa 10.1% 2016 down 43.1% falling
81 Switzerland 9.9% 2018 up 5.0% falling
82 Macau, China 9.3% 2019 down 57.3% falling
83 Kyrgyzstan 9.3% 2019 down 37.1% falling
84 Croatia 9.3% 2018 up 3.1% falling
85 Iceland 8.6% 2018 down 25.9% falling
86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.2% 2018 down 12.3% falling
87 Botswana 8.2% 2003 down 50.8% volatile
88 Dominica 8.1% 2019 down 74.2% falling
89 Germany 7.9% 2018 up 121.9% rising
90 Serbia 7.9% 2019 down 22.1% falling
91 Uruguay 7.8% 2017 down 57.7% falling
92 Hungary 7.8% 2018 up 33.8% falling
93 Slovakia 7.4% 2018 down 9.6% rising
94 Argentina 7.3% 2017 down 51.7% volatile
95 Eswatini 7.2% 2015 down 11.8% volatile
96 Barbados 7.1% 2019 down 17.2% volatile
97 Malta 6.9% 2018 down 27.1% falling
98 Denmark 5.8% 2018 down 28.2% falling
99 Austria 5.4% 2018 up 26.4% rising
100 Uzbekistan 5.2% 2019 down 59.9% falling
101 Liechtenstein 5.1% 2018 up 68.3% volatile
102 Ukraine 5.1% 2014 up 45.9% rising
103 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.8% 2016 down 72.6% volatile
104 Australia 4.7% 2018 — volatile
105 Chile 4.6% 2018 down 50.1% falling
106 Costa Rica 4.5% 2019 down 66.7% volatile
107 Italy 4.4% 2018 down 3.1% falling
108 Norway 4.2% 2018 up 22.1% falling
109 Qatar 3.8% 2010 down 83.6% falling
110 Greece 3.6% 2018 down 57.0% volatile
111 Georgia 3.5% 2019 down 31.0% volatile
112 Canada 3.5% 2018 down 52.3% falling
113 Korea 3.2% 2018 — falling
114 Grenada 3.2% 2015 down 47.7% falling
115 Latvia 3.0% 2018 down 38.6% falling
116 Cyprus 2.9% 2018 down 23.8% falling
117 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.7% 2018 down 62.3% volatile
118 France 2.7% 2018 down 27.4% falling
119 New Zealand 2.4% 2018 down 53.8% volatile
120 Poland 2.4% 2018 down 71.7% falling
121 United States of America 2.2% 2018 — falling
122 Slovenia 2.1% 2018 down 67.7% falling
123 Peru 2.1% 2019 down 80.7% falling
124 Czechia 1.9% 2018 up 26.6% volatile
125 Netherlands 1.8% 2018 down 35.3% rising
126 Oman 1.7% 2018 down 81.9% volatile
127 Belarus 1.6% 2018 down 38.9% falling
128 Estonia 1.6% 2018 down 78.5% falling
129 Finland 1.5% 2018 down 63.3% falling
130 Spain 1.4% 2018 down 78.3% volatile
131 Israel 1.4% 2015 up 26.9% falling
132 Ireland 1.3% 2018 down 74.7% volatile
133 Lithuania 1.3% 2018 down 43.8% volatile
134 Belgium 1.2% 2018 down 48.4% volatile
135 Sweden 0.9% 2015 down 52.4% volatile
136 Hong Kong, China 0.9% 2019 down 95.5% volatile
137 Portugal 0.1% 2018 down 99.0% volatile
138 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2019 down 98.8% 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, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
181 places, 4,095 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/