Youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education was 0.4% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.4%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
22nd
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2016
All-time low
0.1%
in 2009
Years of data
16
1998–2017

Youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

0.10.20.30.41998200720171998: 0.337 % of youth population with low education1999: 0.315 % of youth population with low education2000: 0.318 % of youth population with low education2001: 0.342 % of youth population with low education2002: 0.314 % of youth population with low education2003: 0.259 % of youth population with low education2004: 0.241 % of youth population with low education2005: 0.237 % of youth population with low education2006: 0.228 % of youth population with low education2007: 0.217 % of youth population with low education2008: 0.199 % of youth population with low education2009: 0.148 % of youth population with low education2010: 0.245 % of youth population with low education2011: 0.285 % of youth population with low education2016: 0.434 % of youth population with low education2017: 0.434 % of youth population with low education

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of youth population with low education.

Analysis

In 2017, youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education in Palestine, State of stood at 0.4%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 99.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2009.

That places Palestine, State of 22nd out of 106 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of youth population with low education) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of youth population with low education Change
1998 0.3%
1999 0.3% -6.5%
2000 0.3% +0.7%
2001 0.3% +7.6%
2002 0.3% -8.1%
2003 0.3% -17.7%
2004 0.2% -6.8%
2005 0.2% -1.6%
2006 0.2% -3.9%
2007 0.2% -4.5%
2008 0.2% -8.5%
2009 0.1% -25.4%
2010 0.2% +65.2%
2011 0.3% +16.4%
2016 0.4% +52.2%
2017 0.4% +0.0%

Palestine, State of compared with similar countries

  • Palestine, State of's 0.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
  • Palestine, State of's 0.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.4%, 1.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education in Palestine, State of changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2010 +65.2% 0.1% 0.2%
2016 +52.2% 0.3% 0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 2
2000s 0.3% 0.1% 0.3% 10
2010s 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 4

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 19 Sri Lanka 0.5% compare
  2. 20 Bulgaria 0.5% compare
  3. 21 Tajikistan 0.5% compare
  4. 23 Uruguay 0.4% compare
  5. 24 Hungary 0.4% compare
  6. 25 Guatemala 0.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education in Palestine, State of?
Youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education in Palestine, State of was 0.4% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2016.
What is the lowest youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2009.
How does Palestine, State of rank for youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education?
Palestine, State of ranks 22nd out of 106 countries with data for 2017.
Is youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 99.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of youth population with low education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of youth population with low education)
Unit
% of youth population with low education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,451 data points, 1970–2021
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