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

Canada: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper was 3.5% in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
3.5%
Change on year
down 19.4%
World rank
112th
of 138 countries
All-time high
8.4%
in 2014
All-time low
3.5%
in 2018
Years of data
7
2012–2018

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Canada, 2012–2018

024682012201520182012: 7.4 %2013: 8 %2014: 8.4 %2015: 8.1 %2016: 5.4 %2017: 4.4 %2018: 3.5 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Canada is 3.5%, measured in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.4% on the previous year and down 52.3% over ten years.

That places Canada 112th out of 138 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, male (%) in Canada, 2012 to 2018.
Year % Change
2012 7.4%
2013 8.0% +8.5%
2014 8.4% +4.2%
2015 8.1% -2.6%
2016 5.4% -33.4%
2017 4.4% -19.3%
2018 3.5% -19.4%

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 109 Qatar 3.8%
  2. 110 Greece 3.6% compare
  3. 111 Georgia 3.5% compare
  4. 113 Korea 3.2% compare
  5. 114 Grenada 3.2%
  6. 115 Latvia 3.0% compare

See the full ranking of 181 places →

More reference data data for Canada

All data for Canada →

Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Canada?
Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Canada was 3.5% 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 Canada?
The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 2014.
What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2018.
How does Canada rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper?
Canada ranks 112th out of 138 countries with data for 2018.
Is out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper rising or falling in Canada?
Over the last ten years it is down 52.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Canada 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, male (%). 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 rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Canada. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-rate-for-adolescents-and-youth-of-lower-and-upper-secondary-school-age-male/canada/

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-male/canada/">Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Canada</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
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/