Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Curaçao
Curaçao: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 0.1485 modelled data in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Curaçao, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in modelled data.
Analysis
Curaçao recorded 0.1485 modelled data for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.8% on the previous year and down 76.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Curaçao peaked at 0.8333 modelled data in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.1485 modelled data, in 2025.
That places Curaçao 199th out of 205 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Curaçao, year by year
| Year | modelled data | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8333 modelled data | — |
| 2001 | 0.8191 modelled data | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8043 modelled data | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8276 modelled data | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8046 modelled data | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8046 modelled data | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7765 modelled data | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 0.75 modelled data | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.7407 modelled data | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.7532 modelled data | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.7403 modelled data | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.7297 modelled data | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7183 modelled data | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6857 modelled data | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6618 modelled data | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 0.6324 modelled data | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6364 modelled data | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6452 modelled data | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.6667 modelled data | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6471 modelled data | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.7193 modelled data | +11.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5122 modelled data | -28.8% |
| 2022 | 0.3696 modelled data | -27.8% |
| 2023 | 0.2667 modelled data | -27.8% |
| 2024 | 0.1975 modelled data | -25.9% |
| 2025 | 0.1485 modelled data | -24.8% |
Curaçao compared with similar countries
- Curaçao's 0.1485 modelled data is below the median for high income countries, which is 1 modelled data, 15% of the median. (71 countries reporting)
- Curaçao's 0.1485 modelled data is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.8671 modelled data, 17% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Curaçao changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -28.8% | 0.7193 modelled data | 0.5122 modelled data |
| 2022 | -27.8% | 0.5122 modelled data | 0.3696 modelled data |
| 2023 | -27.8% | 0.3696 modelled data | 0.2667 modelled data |
| 2024 | -25.9% | 0.2667 modelled data | 0.1975 modelled data |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7914 modelled data | 0.7407 modelled data | 0.8333 modelled data | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6763 modelled data | 0.6324 modelled data | 0.7403 modelled data | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.369 modelled data | 0.1485 modelled data | 0.7193 modelled data | 6 |
Countries ranked near Curaçao
- 196 Bangladesh 0.2336 modelled data compare
- 197 Argentina 0.2222 modelled data compare
- 198 Kiribati 0.1701 modelled data compare
- 200 Brunei Darussalam 0 modelled data compare
- 200 Croatia 0 modelled data compare
- 200 Ireland 0 modelled data compare
- 200 Latvia 0 modelled data compare
- 200 Saudi Arabia 0 modelled data compare
- 200 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 modelled data
More education data for Curaçao
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Curaçao?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Curaçao was 0.1485 modelled data in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Curaçao?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8333 modelled data in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Curaçao?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1485 modelled data in 2025.
- How does Curaçao rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Curaçao ranks 199th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age rising or falling in Curaçao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Curaçao data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release