Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (number) by country

Name: Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Total number of upper secondary school age youth who are not enrolled in upper secondary education.

Countries reporting

147

Highest

9.38 million number

Pakistan

Lowest

73 number

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Median

33,875 number

Years covered

1970–2019

Data points

3,225

What the numbers show

Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 9.38 million number in Pakistan; the lowest is 73 number in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

The median across all reporting countries is 33,875 number, and the mean is 353,662 number.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 602.8%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong, China (down 99.0%).

Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Pakistan	9.38 million number	2016	down 18.1%	falling
2	Bangladesh	4.82 million number	2018	down 35.3%	falling
3	Ethiopia	3.36 million number	2015	up 41.3%	rising
4	Indonesia	3.14 million number	2018	down 45.0%	falling
5	Mexico	1.75 million number	2018	down 36.5%	falling
6	Brazil	1.59 million number	2011	up 44.0%	rising
7	Afghanistan	1.48 million number	2018	up 5.9%	rising
8	Egypt	1.21 million number	2019	down 15.0%	falling
9	Kenya	1.12 million number	2009	down 26.0%	falling
10	Niger	1.09 million number	2017	up 46.0%	rising
11	Yemen	1.02 million number	2016	down 6.4%	rising
12	Côte d'Ivoire	973,911 number	2019	down 4.1%	falling
13	Türkiye	920,969 number	2018	down 27.6%	falling
14	Iraq	896,863 number	2007	down 16.0%	falling
15	Mali	893,167 number	2018	up 37.7%	rising
16	Myanmar	884,136 number	2018	down 22.9%	falling
17	Burkina Faso	855,745 number	2019	up 8.1%	rising
18	Iran, Islamic Republic of	854,168 number	2017	down 43.9%	falling
19	Syrian Arab Republic	852,385 number	2013	up 2.2%	falling
20	Mozambique	826,925 number	2015	up 35.4%	falling
21	Chad	811,244 number	2019	—	rising
22	Cameroon	777,574 number	2015	—	rising
23	Guatemala	680,289 number	2018	up 12.9%	rising
24	Malaysia	605,422 number	2017	up 3.4%	rising
25	Thailand	602,812 number	2015	down 63.3%	falling
26	South Africa	597,481 number	2018	down 30.9%	falling
27	Zimbabwe	571,808 number	2013	down 23.6%	falling
28	Malawi	571,338 number	2019	up 31.5%	rising
29	Cambodia	558,094 number	2008	down 9.0%	falling
30	Ghana	516,715 number	2019	down 38.0%	falling
31	Morocco	495,525 number	2019	down 46.7%	falling
32	Guinea	490,626 number	2014	up 16.5%	rising
33	United States of America	454,254 number	2018	down 62.0%	falling
34	Burundi	440,217 number	2019	down 5.0%	falling
35	Philippines	424,125 number	2015	down 25.3%	falling
36	Colombia	358,579 number	2018	down 26.7%	falling
37	Germany	350,193 number	2018	up 116.6%	rising
38	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	248,699 number	2017	down 29.6%	falling
39	Honduras	234,106 number	2019	up 4.6%	falling
40	Uzbekistan	220,060 number	2019	down 55.4%	falling
41	Argentina	219,268 number	2017	down 46.7%	falling
42	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	193,336 number	2018	up 38.5%	rising
43	Jordan	187,047 number	2019	up 106.4%	rising
44	Lao People's Democratic Republic	185,713 number	2019	down 15.0%	falling
45	Ecuador	184,230 number	2018	down 50.8%	falling
46	Mauritania	163,927 number	2019	up 2.5%	rising
47	Romania	161,538 number	2018	—	flat
48	Italy	155,085 number	2018	down 13.0%	falling
49	Eritrea	137,628 number	2018	down 26.9%	flat
50	Tajikistan	134,465 number	2011	down 9.8%	falling
51	Paraguay	129,563 number	2016	down 18.2%	falling
52	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	127,886 number	2018	down 56.6%	volatile
53	Dominican Republic	126,595 number	2019	down 44.2%	falling
54	El Salvador	126,439 number	2018	down 11.8%	falling
55	France	115,010 number	2018	down 29.9%	falling
56	Panama	91,809 number	2017	up 26.5%	rising
57	Nicaragua	90,426 number	2010	down 29.5%	falling
58	Peru	83,381 number	2019	down 66.3%	falling
59	Palestine, State of	78,160 number	2019	up 66.3%	rising
60	Canada	73,162 number	2018	down 60.0%	falling
61	Cuba	69,961 number	2019	down 4.4%	volatile
62	Switzerland	63,042 number	2018	down 8.2%	falling
63	Republic of Korea	61,490 number	2018	down 56.8%	volatile
64	Kyrgyzstan	54,589 number	2019	down 19.3%	rising
65	Ukraine	50,951 number	2014	up 30.4%	volatile
66	Saudi Arabia	48,221 number	2019	down 83.6%	volatile
67	Hungary	47,262 number	2018	up 11.4%	volatile
68	Australia	46,524 number	2018	—	volatile
69	Chile	45,972 number	2018	down 64.7%	falling
70	Poland	39,720 number	2018	down 70.8%	falling
71	Namibia	36,264 number	2007	up 25.0%	rising
72	Djibouti	35,927 number	2015	down 18.6%	falling
73	Serbia	34,865 number	2019	down 35.9%	falling
74	Austria	33,875 number	2018	up 103.5%	rising
75	Lesotho	29,316 number	2016	down 14.7%	flat
76	Bulgaria	28,927 number	2018	down 55.2%	falling
77	Mongolia	28,780 number	2006	down 49.5%	falling
78	Republic of Moldova	25,967 number	2019	down 36.1%	falling
79	United Arab Emirates	25,016 number	2017	—	rising
80	Croatia	24,161 number	2018	down 14.1%	falling
81	Kuwait	24,017 number	2015	up 243.0%	flat
82	Slovakia	23,354 number	2018	down 25.3%	falling
83	Jamaica	23,007 number	2019	down 23.9%	falling
84	Albania	22,614 number	2019	down 24.1%	volatile
84	Timor-Leste	22,614 number	2019	down 24.4%	falling
86	Spain	21,783 number	2018	down 82.2%	volatile
87	Denmark	21,749 number	2018	down 24.9%	falling
88	Puerto Rico	21,095 number	2018	down 59.3%	falling
89	Uruguay	17,726 number	2017	down 55.8%	falling
90	Greece	15,892 number	2018	down 64.6%	volatile
91	Mauritius	15,843 number	2019	up 3.4%	falling
92	Norway	14,879 number	2018	up 55.1%	rising
93	Botswana	13,042 number	2003	down 47.4%	falling
94	Fiji	12,131 number	2012	down 43.4%	falling
95	Suriname	11,349 number	2015	down 12.5%	flat
96	Czechia	10,630 number	2018	down 18.1%	volatile
97	Armenia	10,627 number	2019	down 5.5%	falling
98	Guyana	10,365 number	2012	—	falling
99	Costa Rica	9,020 number	2019	down 72.2%	falling
100	Oman	8,737 number	2019	down 70.5%	volatile
101	Eswatini	8,397 number	2015	down 25.9%	falling
102	Bhutan	8,014 number	2018	down 48.6%	falling
103	Cape Verde	7,964 number	2018	down 37.2%	falling
104	Belgium	7,515 number	2018	up 217.5%	volatile
105	Georgia	7,317 number	2019	down 29.9%	volatile
106	Israel	7,145 number	2018	down 0.8%	rising
107	Vanuatu	6,762 number	2015	down 31.5%	falling
108	Finland	6,560 number	2018	down 44.1%	falling
109	Bahrain	6,483 number	2019	down 9.9%	rising
110	Bahamas	6,318 number	2018	up 602.8%	volatile
111	Brunei Darussalam	5,994 number	2019	up 38.0%	rising
112	Belize	5,786 number	2019	down 0.2%	flat
113	Luxembourg	5,341 number	2018	up 34.1%	rising
114	Kazakhstan	4,533 number	2018	down 59.6%	volatile
115	New Zealand	4,393 number	2018	down 64.5%	volatile
116	Sweden	3,883 number	2016	down 53.5%	volatile
117	Qatar	2,846 number	2010	down 63.8%	rising
118	Portugal	2,546 number	2018	down 95.8%	volatile
119	Latvia	2,267 number	2018	down 71.2%	volatile
120	Belarus	2,256 number	2018	down 73.8%	volatile
121	Iceland	2,217 number	2018	down 26.4%	falling
122	Sao Tome and Principe	2,141 number	2015	down 69.5%	falling
123	Netherlands	1,937 number	2018	down 89.3%	volatile
124	Samoa	1,904 number	2016	down 50.5%	falling
125	Cyprus	1,851 number	2018	up 14.5%	falling
126	Lithuania	1,802 number	2018	down 47.6%	volatile
127	Ireland	1,707 number	2018	down 79.6%	volatile
128	Macau, China	1,693 number	2019	down 76.8%	falling
129	Malta	1,659 number	2018	down 60.8%	falling
130	Tonga	1,580 number	2015	up 411.3%	volatile
131	Slovenia	1,350 number	2018	down 83.3%	volatile
132	Hong Kong, China	1,114 number	2019	down 99.0%	volatile
132	Saint Lucia	1,114 number	2019	down 23.0%	falling
134	Seychelles	923 number	2019	down 63.7%	volatile
135	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	565 number	2018	up 35.2%	falling
136	Cayman Islands	543 number	2018	up 22.3%	rising
137	Aruba	434 number	2009	up 58.4%	rising
138	Estonia	410 number	2018	down 87.8%	volatile
139	Barbados	392 number	2019	down 30.1%	volatile
140	Turks and Caicos Islands	384 number	2018	up 97.9%	rising
141	Antigua and Barbuda	370 number	2018	down 8.9%	falling
142	Dominica	368 number	2019	down 64.8%	rising
143	British Virgin Islands	356 number	2018	up 304.5%	volatile
144	Tuvalu	342 number	2019	up 5.6%	falling
145	Liechtenstein	192 number	2018	up 50.0%	rising
146	Grenada	105 number	2017	down 83.6%	volatile
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	73 number	2016	down 86.1%	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 137.49 million number
IDA & IBRD total 134.41 million number
Low & middle income 134.39 million number
European Union 1.20 million number
Middle income 109.38 million number
Lower middle income 87.70 million number
Early-demographic dividend 84.78 million number
IBRD only 76.88 million number
South Asia 64.12 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 64.12 million number
IDA total 57.58 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.93 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 38.93 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 38.91 million number
IDA only 37.61 million number
Least developed countries 36.40 million number
Pre-demographic dividend 35.70 million number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 29.33 million number
Low income 25.00 million number
Upper middle income 21.68 million number
IDA blend 19.91 million number
East Asia & Pacific 17.84 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 16.88 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 16.65 million number
Late-demographic dividend 14.31 million number
Arab World 8.48 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 6.71 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 6.57 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 6.49 million number
Latin America & Caribbean 6.42 million number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.32 million number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 6.22 million number
OECD members 5.64 million number
High income 3.10 million number
Europe & Central Asia 2.94 million number
Post-demographic dividend 2.69 million number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.91 million number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.69 million number
Euro area 746,165 number
Small states 549,421 number

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Indicator: Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 3,225 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of upper secondary school age youth who are not enrolled in upper secondary education.