Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female in Iceland

Iceland: Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female was 934 number in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
934 number
Change on year
down 3.0%
World rank
120th
of 143 countries
All-time high
1,993 number
in 2001
All-time low
934 number
in 2018
Years of data
21
1998–2018

Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female in Iceland, 1998–2018

05001.0k1.5k2.0k1998200820181998: 1.8k number1999: 1.7k number2000: 1.8k number2001: 2.0k number2002: 1.9k number2003: 1.8k number2004: 1.8k number2005: 1.5k number2006: 1.3k number2007: 1.1k number2008: 1.3k number2009: 1.6k number2010: 1.5k number2011: 1.7k number2012: 1.7k number2013: 1.5k number2014: 1.5k number2015: 1.4k number2016: 1.2k number2017: 963 number2018: 934 number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Iceland recorded 934 number for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.

That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female in Iceland peaked at 1,993 number in 2001 and was at its lowest, 934 number, in 2018.

Iceland ranks 120th of 143 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.

Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female in Iceland, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female (number) in Iceland, 1998 to 2018.
Year number Change
1998 1,776 number
1999 1,724 number -2.9%
2000 1,811 number +5.0%
2001 1,993 number +10.0%
2002 1,856 number -6.9%
2003 1,775 number -4.4%
2004 1,785 number +0.6%
2005 1,469 number -17.7%
2006 1,276 number -13.1%
2007 1,124 number -11.9%
2008 1,340 number +19.2%
2009 1,593 number +18.9%
2010 1,464 number -8.1%
2011 1,696 number +15.8%
2012 1,697 number +0.1%
2013 1,539 number -9.3%
2014 1,519 number -1.3%
2015 1,382 number -9.0%
2016 1,185 number -14.3%
2017 963 number -18.7%
2018 934 number -3.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1,750 number 1,724 number 1,776 number 2
2000s 1,602 number 1,124 number 1,993 number 10
2010s 1,375 number 934 number 1,697 number 9

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 117 Cyprus 1,041 number compare
  2. 118 Sao Tome and Principe 973 number compare
  3. 119 Latvia 937 number compare
  4. 121 New Zealand 702 number compare
  5. 122 Tonga 660 number compare
  6. 123 Macau, China 646 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female in Iceland?
Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female in Iceland was 934 number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 1,993 number in 2001.
What is the lowest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 934 number in 2018.
How does Iceland rank for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female?
Iceland ranks 120th out of 143 countries with data for 2018.
Is out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female rising or falling in Iceland?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Iceland data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 3,019 data points, 1970–2019
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Total number of upper secondary school age female youth who are not enrolled in upper secondary education.