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Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number) by country

Total number of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in lower secondary education.

Countries reporting
150
Highest
4.69 million number
Pakistan
Lowest
22 number
Seychelles
Median
13,442 number
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,686

What the numbers show

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 4.69 million number in Pakistan; the lowest is 22 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 13,442 number, and the mean is 194,357 number.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 17,766.7%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 99.7%).

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Pakistan 4.69 million number 2016 down 37.5% falling
2 Ethiopia 4.64 million number 2015 up 39.4% rising
3 Indonesia 2.30 million number 2018 down 18.1% falling
4 Niger 1.29 million number 2017 up 30.7% rising
5 Côte d'Ivoire 1.07 million number 2019 down 2.5% flat
6 Chad 978,380 number 2019 — rising
7 Burkina Faso 901,365 number 2019 down 6.1% rising
8 Philippines 897,332 number 2018 up 111.8% falling
9 Mozambique 860,370 number 2015 up 42.9% rising
10 Syrian Arab Republic 858,211 number 2013 up 97.2% rising
11 Myanmar 848,088 number 2018 down 46.0% falling
12 Cameroon 808,212 number 2016 — rising
13 Mali 718,713 number 2018 up 37.8% rising
14 Guinea 559,421 number 2014 up 11.2% rising
15 Iraq 551,278 number 2007 down 33.3% rising
16 Yemen 543,228 number 2016 down 22.0% rising
17 Mexico 526,899 number 2018 up 45.0% volatile
18 Guatemala 385,857 number 2018 up 30.3% flat
19 Malawi 341,691 number 2019 up 21.6% rising
20 Türkiye 334,401 number 2018 up 149.3% volatile
21 South Africa 281,608 number 2018 up 54.0% flat
22 Jordan 256,730 number 2019 up 357.3% volatile
23 Burundi 256,543 number 2019 down 14.4% falling
24 Central African Republic 243,477 number 2012 — rising
25 Honduras 233,988 number 2019 up 9.4% rising
26 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 232,335 number 2017 up 124.6% falling
27 Germany 214,807 number 2018 up 77.0% volatile
28 Ghana 208,105 number 2019 down 35.5% falling
29 Malaysia 205,877 number 2017 up 42.4% volatile
30 Colombia 191,144 number 2018 down 18.1% falling
31 Morocco 170,904 number 2019 down 68.3% falling
32 Lao People's Democratic Republic 162,506 number 2019 up 46.1% rising
33 Iran, Islamic Republic of 157,392 number 2017 down 57.6% falling
34 Tunisia 154,071 number 1985 down 12.7% falling
35 Togo 151,876 number 2017 down 23.0% flat
36 Egypt 127,840 number 2019 down 83.5% volatile
37 Cambodia 119,524 number 2015 down 84.1% volatile
38 Mauritania 110,180 number 2019 down 6.4% rising
39 Thailand 103,910 number 2009 — volatile
40 Eritrea 95,023 number 2018 up 42.9% rising
41 Romania 73,622 number 2018 up 83.3% falling
42 Ukraine 71,465 number 2014 down 0.6% rising
43 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 62,401 number 2018 up 294.6% volatile
44 El Salvador 60,217 number 2018 up 66.6% rising
45 Tajikistan 51,104 number 2011 down 66.1% volatile
46 Nicaragua 46,667 number 2010 down 64.0% falling
47 Ecuador 44,724 number 2018 down 77.6% volatile
48 Paraguay 41,554 number 2012 down 31.9% falling
49 United States of America 38,664 number 2018 — volatile
50 Korea 38,303 number 2018 down 39.4% volatile
51 Cuba 38,275 number 2019 up 29.0% volatile
52 Kenya 37,132 number 2009 down 84.5% volatile
53 Italy 35,273 number 2018 up 383.3% volatile
54 Djibouti 34,799 number 2015 down 34.5% rising
55 Bulgaria 34,398 number 2018 up 21.9% flat
56 Dominican Republic 32,607 number 2019 down 6.3% volatile
57 Libya 32,363 number 1983 down 22.9% falling
58 Uzbekistan 31,975 number 2019 down 78.7% falling
59 Australia 29,465 number 2018 up 319.7% volatile
60 Republic of Moldova 28,863 number 2019 down 1.0% rising
61 Peru 28,217 number 2018 down 6.7% volatile
62 France 27,326 number 2018 up 6.4% volatile
63 Chile 26,107 number 2018 up 6.6% falling
64 Panama 26,011 number 2017 down 27.3% falling
65 Puerto Rico 25,647 number 2018 up 33.2% rising
66 Jamaica 25,062 number 2019 up 170.5% volatile
67 Mongolia 23,712 number 2008 down 63.1% volatile
68 Lesotho 23,215 number 2016 up 61.0% falling
69 Poland 21,490 number 2018 down 80.3% rising
70 Armenia 19,244 number 2019 up 346.8% rising
71 Russian Federation 15,693 number 2018 down 91.5% volatile
72 Netherlands 15,404 number 2018 up 5.4% volatile
73 Saudi Arabia 15,343 number 2019 down 88.2% volatile
74 Palestine, State of 14,287 number 2019 down 79.4% falling
75 Zimbabwe 14,227 number 2013 down 89.9% volatile
76 Greece 12,658 number 2018 down 32.4% volatile
77 Slovakia 12,506 number 2018 down 38.2% falling
78 Hungary 12,249 number 2018 down 17.3% volatile
79 Kyrgyzstan 11,164 number 2019 down 73.8% falling
80 Kuwait 11,139 number 2015 up 131.8% volatile
81 Timor-Leste 9,562 number 2019 down 57.0% falling
82 Namibia 7,210 number 2007 down 59.3% falling
83 Bhutan 6,692 number 2018 down 59.6% falling
84 Oman 6,436 number 2019 down 10.3% volatile
85 Suriname 6,102 number 2015 down 49.9% rising
86 Serbia 5,721 number 2019 up 16.2% volatile
87 Bahamas 5,680 number 2018 up 460.7% volatile
88 Czechia 5,378 number 2018 down 84.8% volatile
89 Albania 5,304 number 2019 down 50.5% falling
90 Spain 5,193 number 2018 down 77.9% volatile
91 Belarus 4,886 number 2018 down 41.2% volatile
92 Cape Verde 4,126 number 2018 up 50.1% volatile
93 Costa Rica 4,084 number 2019 down 79.5% falling
94 Kazakhstan 3,197 number 2013 down 85.7% volatile
95 Qatar 3,173 number 2019 up 178.8% volatile
96 Belize 3,120 number 2019 down 16.5% rising
97 New Zealand 2,889 number 2018 down 50.7% volatile
98 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,711 number 2018 down 92.8% volatile
99 Montenegro 2,433 number 2019 — rising
100 Switzerland 2,388 number 2018 up 427.2% volatile
101 Mauritius 2,368 number 2019 down 48.7% volatile
102 Fiji 2,267 number 2012 up 26.2% volatile
103 Eswatini 2,218 number 2015 down 62.2% volatile
104 Belgium 2,187 number 2018 down 84.1% volatile
105 Bahrain 2,021 number 2019 down 54.6% volatile
106 Botswana 1,983 number 2003 down 75.1% volatile
107 Sri Lanka 1,818 number 2018 down 97.9% volatile
108 United Arab Emirates 1,665 number 2017 — falling
109 Sao Tome and Principe 1,387 number 2015 up 34.0% falling
110 Maldives 1,385 number 2019 — falling
111 Croatia 1,377 number 2018 down 14.8% volatile
112 Denmark 1,146 number 2018 down 13.8% volatile
113 Azerbaijan 1,102 number 2019 down 98.7% volatile
114 Austria 1,045 number 2018 down 86.2% volatile
115 Ireland 1,031 number 2018 down 49.4% volatile
116 Norway 962 number 2018 down 63.5% volatile
117 Slovenia 885 number 2018 up 66.7% volatile
118 Hong Kong, China 860 number 2019 down 74.6% volatile
119 Canada 827 number 2015 — falling
119 Luxembourg 827 number 2018 up 49.5% volatile
121 Vanuatu 765 number 2015 down 67.6% falling
122 Saint Lucia 709 number 2019 down 19.9% volatile
123 Tonga 566 number 2015 down 66.0% volatile
124 Barbados 551 number 2019 down 49.6% volatile
125 Latvia 536 number 2018 up 17,766.7% volatile
126 Sweden 460 number 2015 down 74.1% volatile
127 Cayman Islands 455 number 2018 up 59.1% rising
128 Estonia 453 number 2018 down 77.2% volatile
129 British Virgin Islands 411 number 2018 up 337.2% volatile
130 Brunei Darussalam 392 number 2019 up 38.5% volatile
131 Uruguay 383 number 2017 down 97.2% volatile
132 Turks and Caicos Islands 357 number 2018 up 305.7% volatile
133 Portugal 355 number 2018 up 231.8% volatile
134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 335 number 2012 up 134.3% volatile
135 Tuvalu 287 number 2019 up 75.0% rising
136 Macau, China 276 number 2019 down 91.3% volatile
137 Lithuania 237 number 2018 down 51.7% volatile
138 Aruba 229 number 2009 up 3,716.7% volatile
139 Argentina 166 number 2017 down 99.7% volatile
140 Grenada 160 number 2014 up 58.4% volatile
141 Finland 119 number 2018 down 96.7% volatile
142 Malta 102 number 2018 down 22.7% volatile
143 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 83 number 2018 down 61.6% volatile
144 Cyprus 73 number 2018 up 49.0% volatile
145 Liechtenstein 61 number 2018 down 32.2% flat
146 Georgia 39 number 2019 down 99.2% volatile
147 Dominica 36 number 2019 down 96.4% volatile
148 Samoa 26 number 2014 down 98.7% volatile
149 Iceland 24 number 2018 down 94.7% volatile
150 Seychelles 22 number 2019 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 3,686 data points, 1970–2019
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Total number of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in lower secondary education.