Eritrea vs Lower middle income: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age

Eritrea
36.1%
in 2018
Lower middle income
17.7%
in 2019
Eritrea rank
14th
Lower middle income rank
12th

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

  • Eritrea
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 36.1% against 17.7% in Lower middle income, a difference of 18.4%.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 2.0 times Lower middle income's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Eritrea has been ahead every year.

Eritrea ranks 14th and Lower middle income ranks 12th of 150 countries.

Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 48.2% 37.0% 11.2% Eritrea
2000s 39.6% 31.0% 8.6% Eritrea
2010s 31.6% 21.1% 10.5% Eritrea

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, Eritrea or Lower middle income?
Eritrea, at 36.1% against 17.7% in Lower middle income as of 2018.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between Eritrea and Lower middle income?
18.4%, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Lower middle income?
19 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.
How do Eritrea and Lower middle income rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
Eritrea ranks 14th and Lower middle income ranks 12th 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.