Egypt vs Palestine: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
Egypt
7.7%
in 2025
Palestine
7.1%
in 2025
Egypt rank
84th
Palestine rank
86th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- Egypt
- Palestine
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 7.7% against 7.1% in Palestine, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Palestine's.
Across all 26 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 84th and Palestine ranks 86th of 206 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.2% | 10.4% | 14.8% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 7.4% | 11.3% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 5.4% | 4.8% | Egypt |
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, Egypt or Palestine?
- Egypt, at 7.7% against 7.1% in Palestine as of 2025.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between Egypt and Palestine?
- 0.6%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Palestine?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Palestine rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Egypt ranks 84th and Palestine ranks 86th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (modelled data) (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release