Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female was 1.10 million number in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1.10 million number
Change on year
down 2.6%
Rank
31st
of 45 groups
All-time high
1.87 million number
in 1998
All-time low
835,928 number
in 2009
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1998–2019

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M1998200820191998: 1.9M number1999: 1.8M number2000: 1.8M number2001: 1.7M number2002: 1.5M number2003: 1.4M number2004: 1.3M number2005: 1.3M number2006: 1.2M number2007: 1.3M number2008: 854.2k number2009: 835.9k number2010: 928.0k number2011: 1.1M number2012: 1.3M number2013: 918.4k number2014: 954.8k number2015: 1.0M number2016: 1.0M number2017: 1.2M number2018: 1.1M number2019: 1.1M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 1.10 million number for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 31.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 1.87 million number in 1998 and was at its lowest, 835,928 number, in 2009.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (number) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1998 to 2019.
Year number Change
1998 1.87 million number
1999 1.80 million number -3.9%
2000 1.77 million number -1.8%
2001 1.70 million number -4.0%
2002 1.55 million number -8.8%
2003 1.39 million number -10.1%
2004 1.26 million number -9.6%
2005 1.26 million number -0.2%
2006 1.16 million number -7.5%
2007 1.27 million number +9.2%
2008 854,242 number -32.6%
2009 835,928 number -2.1%
2010 927,968 number +11.0%
2011 1.07 million number +15.0%
2012 1.28 million number +20.0%
2013 918,363 number -28.3%
2014 954,755 number +4.0%
2015 1.05 million number +9.9%
2016 1.04 million number -0.9%
2017 1.23 million number +18.1%
2018 1.13 million number -8.1%
2019 1.10 million number -2.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.84 million number 1.80 million number 1.87 million number 2
2000s 1.30 million number 835,928 number 1.77 million number 10
2010s 1.07 million number 918,363 number 1.28 million number 10

Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

  1. 28 Morocco 100,912 number compare
  2. 29 Togo 97,601 number compare
  3. 30 Honduras 94,295 number compare
  4. 31 Malaysia 88,361 number compare
  5. 32 Colombia 84,845 number compare
  6. 33 Germany 83,231 number compare
  7. 34 Laos 80,422 number compare

See the full ranking of 179 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 1.10 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
The highest recorded value was 1.87 million number in 1998.
What is the lowest out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
The lowest recorded value was 835,928 number in 2009.
How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Over the last ten years it is up 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.