What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male between East Asia & Pacific and South Africa?

4.80 million number, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and South Africa?

9 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, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Asia & Pacific vs South Africa: Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male

East Asia & Pacific

4.95 million number

in 2019

South Africa

153,347 number

in 2018

East Asia & Pacific rank

21st

South Africa rank

21st

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male over time

East Asia & Pacific
South Africa

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific currently reports 4.95 million number against 153,347 number in South Africa, a difference of 4.80 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific's figure about 32.3 times South Africa's.

Across all 9 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 21st and South Africa ranks 21st of 45 groups.

East Asia & Pacific has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	13.17 million number	150,027 number	13.02 million number	East Asia & Pacific
2000s	10.87 million number	147,741 number	10.72 million number	East Asia & Pacific
2010s	4.86 million number	156,032 number	4.71 million number	East Asia & Pacific

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male, East Asia & Pacific or South Africa?: East Asia & Pacific, at 4.95 million number against 153,347 number in South Africa as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male between East Asia & Pacific and South Africa?: 4.80 million number, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and South Africa?: 9 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.
How do East Asia & Pacific and South Africa rank globally for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male?: East Asia & Pacific ranks 21st and South Africa ranks 21st of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male (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, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 3,016 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

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