Ethiopia vs Low & middle income: Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes

Ethiopia
4.64 million number
in 2015
Low & middle income
60.10 million number
in 2019
Ethiopia rank
2nd
Low & middle income rank
3rd

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

  • Ethiopia
  • Low & middle income
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M199820082019

How they compare

Low & middle income currently reports 60.10 million number against 4.64 million number in Ethiopia, a difference of 55.46 million number.

That makes Low & middle income's figure about 13.0 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Low & middle income has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 2nd and Low & middle income ranks 3rd of 150 countries.

Low & middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Low & middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 4.03 million number 97.26 million number 93.23 million number Low & middle income
2000s 3.49 million number 81.75 million number 78.27 million number Low & middle income
2010s 4.00 million number 63.18 million number 59.18 million number Low & middle 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, Ethiopia or Low & middle income?
Low & middle income, at 60.10 million number against 4.64 million number in Ethiopia as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes between Ethiopia and Low & middle income?
55.46 million number, with Low & middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Low & middle income?
16 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2015.
How do Ethiopia and Low & middle income rank globally for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes?
Ethiopia ranks 2nd and Low & middle income ranks 3rd 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

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