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

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

Countries reporting
134
Highest
2.58 million number
Pakistan
Lowest
11 number
Estonia
Median
9,012 number
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,028

What the numbers show

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (number) is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 2.58 million number in Pakistan; the lowest is 11 number in Estonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 9,012 number, and the mean is 110,569 number.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Sweden (up 3,223.0%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 98.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Pakistan 2.58 million number 2016 down 34.8% falling
2 Ethiopia 2.40 million number 2015 up 19.2% falling
3 Indonesia 923,944 number 2018 down 32.3% falling
4 Niger 672,347 number 2017 up 30.3% rising
5 Côte d'Ivoire 578,654 number 2019 down 8.7% falling
6 Chad 545,829 number 2019 — rising
7 Mozambique 473,006 number 2015 up 29.0% rising
8 Cameroon 441,965 number 2016 — rising
9 Syrian Arab Republic 430,059 number 2013 up 77.6% rising
10 Burkina Faso 421,344 number 2019 down 15.3% rising
11 Myanmar 399,087 number 2018 down 50.7% falling
12 Mali 377,611 number 2018 up 25.7% rising
13 Iraq 362,478 number 2007 down 25.4% rising
14 Guinea 323,403 number 2014 up 8.9% rising
15 Yemen 323,011 number 2016 down 27.7% falling
16 Philippines 308,338 number 2018 up 82.6% volatile
17 Mexico 225,315 number 2018 up 36.0% volatile
18 Guatemala 203,853 number 2018 up 20.8% rising
19 Türkiye 178,745 number 2018 up 81.3% volatile
20 Malawi 166,620 number 2019 up 11.7% falling
21 Central African Republic 144,491 number 2012 — rising
22 South Africa 128,261 number 2018 up 60.0% rising
23 Jordan 127,552 number 2019 up 437.3% volatile
24 Burundi 118,499 number 2019 down 28.7% falling
25 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 106,544 number 2017 up 193.0% volatile
26 Tunisia 105,545 number 1985 down 13.5% falling
27 Iran, Islamic Republic of 102,981 number 2017 down 53.1% falling
28 Morocco 100,912 number 2019 down 68.2% falling
29 Togo 97,601 number 2017 down 24.3% falling
30 Honduras 94,295 number 2019 down 6.3% falling
31 Malaysia 88,361 number 2017 up 39.0% volatile
32 Colombia 84,845 number 2018 down 5.6% falling
33 Germany 83,231 number 2018 up 35.3% volatile
34 Lao People's Democratic Republic 80,422 number 2019 up 22.2% rising
35 Ghana 79,111 number 2019 down 51.2% falling
36 Cambodia 62,832 number 2015 down 83.2% volatile
37 Eritrea 51,989 number 2018 up 22.7% rising
38 Kenya 51,006 number 2006 down 54.0% falling
39 Mauritania 49,146 number 2019 down 15.3% rising
40 Egypt 41,660 number 2019 down 90.3% volatile
41 Tajikistan 38,748 number 2011 down 59.8% falling
42 Romania 36,659 number 2018 up 86.4% falling
43 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 31,251 number 2018 up 275.9% rising
44 Uzbekistan 30,938 number 2019 down 56.5% falling
45 Ukraine 30,802 number 2014 down 4.1% rising
46 Paraguay 30,568 number 2012 down 5.7% falling
47 El Salvador 30,059 number 2018 up 45.2% falling
48 Peru 26,600 number 2016 down 19.2% falling
49 Zimbabwe 22,475 number 2012 down 67.4% falling
50 Nicaragua 19,899 number 2010 down 64.0% falling
51 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 19,469 number 2015 up 547.2% volatile
52 Cuba 18,590 number 2019 up 35.3% volatile
53 Republic of Korea 18,571 number 2018 down 50.6% volatile
54 Italy 17,650 number 2018 — volatile
55 Bulgaria 17,271 number 2018 up 12.8% rising
56 Dominican Republic 16,474 number 2019 down 10.1% falling
57 Poland 16,206 number 2018 down 68.0% flat
58 Djibouti 15,729 number 2015 down 44.9% rising
59 Australia 15,197 number 2018 up 602.9% volatile
60 Ecuador 15,074 number 2018 down 85.0% volatile
61 Republic of Moldova 14,894 number 2019 up 1.1% rising
62 Chile 14,217 number 2018 up 8.3% falling
63 France 13,270 number 2018 up 12.1% volatile
64 Panama 12,152 number 2017 down 8.2% falling
65 Jamaica 11,715 number 2019 up 259.9% rising
66 Puerto Rico 9,795 number 2018 up 18.6% rising
67 Mongolia 9,180 number 2008 down 61.1% volatile
68 Lesotho 8,845 number 2016 up 126.9% volatile
69 Spain 8,836 number 2014 up 427.8% volatile
70 Armenia 8,108 number 2019 up 184.0% rising
71 Greece 7,233 number 2018 down 43.2% volatile
72 Kyrgyzstan 6,536 number 2019 down 69.1% falling
73 Slovakia 6,291 number 2018 down 37.3% falling
74 Hungary 6,004 number 2018 down 22.4% rising
75 Netherlands 5,804 number 2018 down 8.7% volatile
76 Sweden 5,483 number 2012 up 3,223.0% volatile
77 Oman 5,143 number 2012 down 59.1% falling
78 Timor-Leste 3,948 number 2019 down 64.7% falling
79 United Arab Emirates 3,866 number 2016 — rising
80 Kuwait 3,261 number 2015 up 210.9% volatile
81 Czechia 3,123 number 2018 down 82.7% volatile
82 Serbia 2,908 number 2019 up 9.5% volatile
83 Ireland 2,866 number 1998 down 37.8% volatile
84 Qatar 2,854 number 2019 up 542.8% volatile
85 Bahamas 2,777 number 2018 up 470.2% volatile
86 Hong Kong, China 2,634 number 2014 down 62.3% volatile
87 Suriname 2,169 number 2015 down 62.6% rising
88 Cape Verde 2,014 number 2018 up 61.9% volatile
89 Belize 1,657 number 2019 down 12.9% rising
90 Bhutan 1,602 number 2018 down 79.8% volatile
91 Switzerland 1,549 number 2018 up 24.5% volatile
92 Palestine, State of 1,545 number 2019 down 94.9% falling
93 Belgium 1,386 number 2018 down 80.7% volatile
94 New Zealand 1,378 number 2018 down 46.0% rising
95 Costa Rica 1,288 number 2019 down 87.3% volatile
96 Argentina 1,257 number 2016 down 85.6% volatile
97 Eswatini 1,181 number 2015 down 70.7% volatile
98 Namibia 1,158 number 2007 down 84.7% falling
99 Norway 1,144 number 2017 down 5.8% volatile
100 Montenegro 1,089 number 2019 — volatile
101 Georgia 1,005 number 2014 up 275.0% volatile
102 Mauritius 924 number 2019 down 50.5% volatile
103 Albania 885 number 2019 down 83.3% volatile
103 Azerbaijan 885 number 2019 down 98.0% volatile
105 Croatia 849 number 2013 down 83.2% falling
106 Denmark 831 number 2017 down 31.6% volatile
107 Sri Lanka 786 number 2018 down 98.1% volatile
108 Botswana 617 number 2000 down 85.7% volatile
109 Portugal 560 number 2017 — volatile
110 Sao Tome and Principe 487 number 2015 down 14.6% falling
111 Vanuatu 485 number 2015 down 70.4% falling
112 Luxembourg 472 number 2018 up 179.3% volatile
113 Saint Lucia 378 number 2019 down 14.5% volatile
114 Slovenia 337 number 2018 up 29.1% volatile
115 Cyprus 294 number 2016 up 1,236.4% volatile
116 Finland 260 number 2017 down 77.8% volatile
117 Tonga 228 number 2015 down 69.3% volatile
118 British Virgin Islands 221 number 2018 up 262.3% volatile
119 Cayman Islands 208 number 2018 up 28.4% rising
120 Latvia 191 number 2018 up 29.1% rising
121 Barbados 164 number 2019 down 70.6% falling
122 Turks and Caicos Islands 154 number 2018 up 1,300.0% volatile
123 Uruguay 122 number 2016 down 98.1% volatile
124 Austria 95 number 2018 down 97.3% volatile
125 Lithuania 94 number 2012 down 93.7% volatile
126 Macau, China 85 number 2019 down 94.8% volatile
127 Aruba 82 number 2009 down 27.4% falling
128 Malta 74 number 2014 — volatile
129 Brunei Darussalam 53 number 2011 — falling
130 Liechtenstein 50 number 2018 down 19.4% flat
131 Bahrain 33 number 2019 down 98.4% volatile
132 Iceland 29 number 2017 down 84.9% falling
133 Dominica 17 number 2015 down 87.0% volatile
134 Estonia 11 number 2018 down 98.7% 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, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 3,028 data points, 1970–2019
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Total number of female lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in lower secondary education.