Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Finland

Finland: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower was 1.0% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.0%
Change on year
down 3.0%
World rank
112th
of 148 countries
All-time high
2.0%
in 2006
All-time low
0.1%
in 1999
Years of data
22
1997–2018

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Finland, 1997–2018

00.511.521997200720181997: 0.892 %1998: 0.987 %1999: 0.14 %2000: 0.825 %2001: 1.2 %2002: 0.886 %2003: 0.67 %2004: 1.3 %2005: 1.6 %2006: 2 %2007: 2 %2008: 1.8 %2009: 1.9 %2010: 1.5 %2011: 1.2 %2012: 1.1 %2013: 0.991 %2014: 0.655 %2015: 0.672 %2016: 0.749 %2017: 1 %2018: 1 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2018, out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Finland stood at 1.0%.

That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 43.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Finland peaked at 2.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1999.

That places Finland 112th out of 148 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Finland, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, male (%) in Finland, 1997 to 2018.
Year % Change
1997 0.9%
1998 1.0% +10.6%
1999 0.1% -85.8%
2000 0.8% +489.0%
2001 1.2% +40.4%
2002 0.9% -23.5%
2003 0.7% -24.4%
2004 1.3% +92.5%
2005 1.6% +21.4%
2006 2.0% +26.8%
2007 2.0% -0.6%
2008 1.8% -9.5%
2009 1.9% +4.4%
2010 1.5% -20.1%
2011 1.2% -16.1%
2012 1.1% -15.7%
2013 1.0% -5.9%
2014 0.7% -33.9%
2015 0.7% +2.6%
2016 0.7% +11.4%
2017 1.0% +38.7%
2018 1.0% -3.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7% 0.1% 1.0% 3
2000s 1.4% 0.7% 2.0% 10
2010s 1.0% 0.7% 1.5% 9

Countries ranked near Finland

  1. 109 Brunei Darussalam 1.1% compare
  2. 110 Peru 1.1% compare
  3. 111 Australia 1.1% compare
  4. 113 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.0% compare
  5. 114 Belarus 0.9% compare
  6. 115 Czechia 0.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Finland?
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Finland was 1.0% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower recorded in Finland?
The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 2006.
What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower recorded in Finland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1999.
How does Finland rank for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower?
Finland ranks 112th out of 148 countries with data for 2018.
Is out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower rising or falling in Finland?
Over the last ten years it is down 43.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Finland data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,329 data points, 1970–2019
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Proportion of children and adolescents in the official age range for primary and lower secondary education who are not enrolled in primary or lower secondary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for primary and lower secondary education enrolled in primary or lower secondary education is subtracted from the total population of primary and lower secondary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for primary and lower secondary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/