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

Chad: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper was 61.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
61.2%
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
2nd
of 138 countries
All-time high
73.7%
in 1998
All-time low
59.3%
in 2016
Years of data
11
1998–2019

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Chad, 1998–2019

0204060801998200820191998: 73.7 %1999: 72.9 %2000: 71.3 %2001: 68.7 %2002: 67.1 %2003: 65 %2015: 61 %2016: 59.3 %2017: 64.8 %2018: 60.2 %2019: 61.2 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Chad recorded 61.2% for out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 0.3% over five years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Chad peaked at 73.7% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 59.3%, in 2016.

Chad ranks 2nd of 138 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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 Chad, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, male (%) in Chad, 1998 to 2019.
Year % Change
1998 73.7%
1999 72.9% -1.1%
2000 71.3% -2.1%
2001 68.7% -3.7%
2002 67.1% -2.3%
2003 65.0% -3.1%
2015 61.0% -6.2%
2016 59.3% -2.7%
2017 64.8% +9.3%
2018 60.2% -7.2%
2019 61.2% +1.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 73.3% 72.9% 73.7% 2
2000s 68.0% 65.0% 71.3% 4
2010s 61.3% 59.3% 64.8% 5

Countries ranked near Chad

  1. 1 Niger 69.7% compare
  2. 3 Mali 59.7% compare
  3. 4 Burkina Faso 55.6% compare
  4. 5 Djibouti 55.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Chad?
Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper in Chad was 61.2% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper recorded in Chad?
The highest recorded value was 73.7% in 1998.
What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper recorded in Chad?
The lowest recorded value was 59.3% in 2016.
How does Chad rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper?
Chad ranks 2nd out of 138 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Chad 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.

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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
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/