Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong, China: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 0.8985 GPIA in 2014. ▲ Rising

Latest (2014)
0.8985 GPIA
Change on year
down 9.5%
World rank
77th
of 133 countries
All-time high
1.22 GPIA
in 1977
All-time low
0.5394 GPIA
in 1984
Years of data
22
1977–2014

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Hong Kong, China, 1977–2014

00.250.50.7511.21977199520141977: 1.2 GPIA1978: 1.1 GPIA1979: 1 GPIA1980: 0.922 GPIA1981: 0.827 GPIA1983: 0.592 GPIA1984: 0.539 GPIA1985: 0.54 GPIA1996: 0.717 GPIA2001: 0.986 GPIA2002: 1.1 GPIA2003: 0.943 GPIA2004: 0.911 GPIA2005: 0.955 GPIA2006: 1 GPIA2007: 1 GPIA2008: 1.1 GPIA2009: 0.823 GPIA2011: 0.907 GPIA2012: 1 GPIA2013: 0.993 GPIA2014: 0.899 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

In 2014, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Hong Kong, China stood at 0.8985 GPIA.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.5% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Hong Kong, China peaked at 1.22 GPIA in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.5394 GPIA, in 1984.

Hong Kong, China ranks 77th of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Hong Kong, China, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Hong Kong, China, 1977 to 2014.
Year GPIA Change
1977 1.22 GPIA
1978 1.14 GPIA -6.0%
1979 1.01 GPIA -12.1%
1980 0.9218 GPIA -8.3%
1981 0.8269 GPIA -10.3%
1983 0.5922 GPIA -28.4%
1984 0.5394 GPIA -8.9%
1985 0.5401 GPIA +0.1%
1996 0.7173 GPIA +32.8%
2001 0.9858 GPIA +37.4%
2002 1.08 GPIA +9.4%
2003 0.9434 GPIA -12.5%
2004 0.9109 GPIA -3.4%
2005 0.9551 GPIA +4.9%
2006 1.01 GPIA +5.7%
2007 1.05 GPIA +3.6%
2008 1.07 GPIA +2.4%
2009 0.8231 GPIA -23.2%
2011 0.9071 GPIA +10.2%
2012 1.03 GPIA +13.4%
2013 0.9927 GPIA -3.5%
2014 0.8985 GPIA -9.5%

Hong Kong, China compared with similar countries

  • Hong Kong, China's 0.8985 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9481 GPIA, 95% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
  • Hong Kong, China's 0.8985 GPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8974 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (16 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.12 GPIA 1.01 GPIA 1.22 GPIA 3
1980s 0.6841 GPIA 0.5394 GPIA 0.9218 GPIA 5
1990s 0.7173 GPIA 0.7173 GPIA 0.7173 GPIA 1
2000s 0.9804 GPIA 0.8231 GPIA 1.08 GPIA 9
2010s 0.9566 GPIA 0.8985 GPIA 1.03 GPIA 4

Countries ranked near Hong Kong, China

  1. 74 Burkina Faso 0.9123 GPIA compare
  2. 75 Panama 0.9121 GPIA compare
  3. 76 Jamaica 0.9117 GPIA compare
  4. 78 Myanmar 0.8963 GPIA compare
  5. 79 Montenegro 0.8938 GPIA
  6. 80 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.8856 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

More reference data data for Hong Kong, China

All data for Hong Kong, China →

Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Hong Kong, China?
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Hong Kong, China was 0.8985 GPIA in 2014, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The highest recorded value was 1.22 GPIA in 1977.
What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5394 GPIA in 1984.
How does Hong Kong, China rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
Hong Kong, China ranks 77th out of 133 countries with data for 2014.
Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age rising or falling in Hong Kong, China?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hong Kong, China data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 22 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 of lower secondary school age in Hong Kong, China. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-rate-for-adolescents-of-lower-secondary-school-age-adjusted-gender-parity/hong-kong-sar-china/

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-of-lower-secondary-school-age-adjusted-gender-parity/hong-kong-sar-china/">Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Hong Kong, China</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
176 places, 2,962 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

The Adjusted Gender Parity Index (GPIA) is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted gender parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://uis.unesco.org/