What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes between Eritrea and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?

598,519 number, with Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?

19 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Eritrea vs Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes

Eritrea

95,023 number

in 2018

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

693,542 number

in 2019

Eritrea rank

40th

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank

37th

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes over time

Eritrea
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

How they compare

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) currently reports 693,542 number against 95,023 number in Eritrea, a difference of 598,519 number.

That makes Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s figure about 7.3 times Eritrea's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Eritrea ranks 40th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 37th of 150 countries.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)	Difference	Ahead
1990s	66,312 number	2.52 million number	2.46 million number	Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2000s	73,889 number	1.31 million number	1.23 million number	Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2010s	68,940 number	928,736 number	859,796 number	Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes, Eritrea or Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), at 693,542 number against 95,023 number in Eritrea as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes between Eritrea and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?: 598,519 number, with Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?: 19 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.
How do Eritrea and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes?: Eritrea ranks 40th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 37th of 150 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 195 places, 3,686 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total number of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in lower secondary education.