Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in IDA blend
IDA blend: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female was 52.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in IDA blend, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in IDA blend stood at 52.0%. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in IDA blend peaked at 72.5% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 52.0%, in 2019.
That places IDA blend 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 72.2% | — |
| 1999 | 72.5% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 72.4% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 71.5% | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 71.2% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 70.5% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 68.5% | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 67.9% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 66.9% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 68.0% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 65.4% | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 63.6% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 62.4% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 62.7% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 63.1% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 61.4% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 60.2% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 54.2% | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 53.4% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 53.5% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 53.7% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 52.0% | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72.4% | 72.2% | 72.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 68.6% | 63.6% | 72.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.7% | 52.0% | 63.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
- 7 Mozambique 73.0% compare
- 8 Afghanistan 68.7% compare
- 9 Yemen 67.7% compare
- 10 Djibouti 67.1% compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 66.3% compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 65.3% compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 64.4% compare
More reference data data for IDA blend
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.31 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 14.99 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 7.31 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 7.69 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.51 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.09 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.5% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 1.3 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7925 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 933,391 number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in IDA blend?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in IDA blend was 52.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/).
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 72.5% in 1999.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.0% in 2019.
- How does IDA blend rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- IDA blend ranks 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA blend data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/), published as part of Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of females of official upper secondary school age who are not enrolled in upper secondary school expressed as a percentage of the female population of official upper secondary school age.