World - Adolescents out of school

Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age)

Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) in World was 15.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 28.63 in 1999, while its lowest value was 15.37 in 2019.

Definition: Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1998 28.53
1999 28.63
2000 27.90
2001 27.20
2002 25.60
2003 23.36
2004 22.19
2005 21.63
2006 21.11
2007 20.34
2008 19.61
2009 19.02
2010 18.03
2011 17.55
2012 16.75
2013 16.33
2014 16.25
2015 15.74
2016 15.56
2017 15.73
2018 15.39
2019 15.37
2020 15.52

Adolescents out of school, male (% of male lower secondary school age)

Adolescents out of school, male (% of male lower secondary school age) in World was 15.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 23.21 in 1999, while its lowest value was 15.26 in 2018.

Definition: Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1998 23.11
1999 23.21
2000 22.52
2001 22.27
2002 21.34
2003 19.90
2004 19.28
2005 18.50
2006 18.27
2007 17.52
2008 17.48
2009 17.30
2010 16.80
2011 16.70
2012 16.36
2013 16.51
2014 16.70
2015 15.85
2016 15.66
2017 15.69
2018 15.26
2019 15.62
2020 15.69

Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age)

Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age) in World was 15.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 25.85 in 1999, while its lowest value was 15.32 in 2018.

Definition: Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1998 25.75
1999 25.85
2000 25.14
2001 24.67
2002 23.42
2003 21.58
2004 20.69
2005 20.02
2006 19.65
2007 18.89
2008 18.51
2009 18.13
2010 17.39
2011 17.11
2012 16.55
2013 16.42
2014 16.49
2015 15.79
2016 15.61
2017 15.71
2018 15.32
2019 15.50
2020 15.61

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation