Bahamas vs World: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
Bahamas
29.5%
in 2018
World
15.3%
in 2019
Bahamas rank
22nd
World rank
19th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- Bahamas
- World
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 29.5% against 15.3% in World, a difference of 14.2%.
That makes Bahamas's figure about 1.9 times World's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1999 it was World ahead.
Bahamas ranks 22nd and World ranks 19th of 150 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 1 and World in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.0% | 26.1% | 18.1% | World |
| 2000s | 5.7% | 19.5% | 13.8% | World |
| 2010s | 22.9% | 16.5% | 6.4% | Bahamas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, Bahamas or World?
- Bahamas, at 29.5% against 15.3% in World as of 2018.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between Bahamas and World?
- 14.2%, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and World?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.
- How do Bahamas and World rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Bahamas ranks 22nd and World ranks 19th of 150 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of adolescents of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in lower secondary school expressed as a percentage of the population of official lower secondary school age.