What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male between Ghana and Latin America & Caribbean?

1.08 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Latin America & Caribbean?

17 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.

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.

Ghana vs Latin America & Caribbean: Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male

Ghana

128,994 number

in 2019

Latin America & Caribbean

1.21 million number

in 2019

Ghana rank

26th

Latin America & Caribbean rank

26th

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

Ghana
Latin America & Caribbean

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean currently reports 1.21 million number against 128,994 number in Ghana, a difference of 1.08 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean's figure about 9.4 times Ghana's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean has been ahead every year.

Ghana ranks 26th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 26th of 134 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Latin America & Caribbean	Difference	Ahead
1990s	237,050 number	1.81 million number	1.57 million number	Latin America & Caribbean
2000s	191,839 number	1.47 million number	1.28 million number	Latin America & Caribbean
2010s	118,777 number	1.22 million number	1.10 million number	Latin America & Caribbean

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, Ghana or Latin America & Caribbean?: Latin America & Caribbean, at 1.21 million number against 128,994 number in Ghana as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male between Ghana and Latin America & Caribbean?: 1.08 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Latin America & Caribbean?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do Ghana and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male?: Ghana ranks 26th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 26th of 134 countries.
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.