Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes was 24.27 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
24.27 million
Change on year
up 1.5%
Rank
10th
of 39 groups
All-time high
24.27 million
in 2025
All-time low
14.71 million
in 2007
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 24.27 million for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 49.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 24.27 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 14.71 million, in 2007.
GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 10th of 39 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.72 million | — |
| 2001 | 14.85 million | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 14.90 million | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 14.85 million | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 14.77 million | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 14.72 million | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 14.73 million | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 14.71 million | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 14.75 million | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 14.81 million | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 14.83 million | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 14.99 million | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 15.22 million | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 15.44 million | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 15.75 million | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 16.21 million | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 16.87 million | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 17.50 million | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 18.22 million | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 18.94 million | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 20.37 million | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 21.10 million | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 22.56 million | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 23.29 million | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 23.90 million | +2.6% |
| 2025 | 24.27 million | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.78 million | 14.71 million | 14.90 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.40 million | 14.83 million | 18.94 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.58 million | 20.37 million | 24.27 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- 7 Burkina Faso 1.41 million compare
- 8 Cameroon 1.26 million compare
- 9 Philippines 1.23 million compare
- 10 Madagascar 1.15 million compare
- 11 Chad 1.14 million compare
- 12 Senegal 1.12 million compare
- 13 Cote d'Ivoire 930,861 compare
More education data for GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.16 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.39 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 17.08 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9721 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.9768 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 56.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 24.27 million in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes recorded in GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 24.27 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes recorded in GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.71 million in 2007.
- How does GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes?
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 10th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release