El Salvador vs Lesotho: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age

El Salvador
17.0%
in 2018
Lesotho
17.4%
in 2016
El Salvador rank
35th
Lesotho rank
34th

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time

  • El Salvador
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 17.4% against 17.0% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Lesotho ahead.

El Salvador ranks 35th and Lesotho ranks 34th of 150 countries.

Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Lesotho Difference Ahead
2000s 9.9% 16.1% 6.2% Lesotho
2010s 9.4% 16.2% 6.8% Lesotho

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, El Salvador or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 17.4% against 17.0% in El Salvador as of 2016.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between El Salvador and Lesotho?
0.4%, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lesotho?
10 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2016.
How do El Salvador and Lesotho rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
El Salvador ranks 35th and Lesotho ranks 34th 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

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 3,656 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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.