Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Bermuda
Bermuda: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 5.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Bermuda, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bermuda recorded 5.6% for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.2% on the previous year and down 60.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Bermuda peaked at 14.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2002.
That places Bermuda 106th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Bermuda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.2% | — |
| 2001 | 4.5% | -13.5% |
| 2002 | 4.2% | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.4% | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 4.8% | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 5.2% | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 5.3% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 5.8% | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | +20.7% |
| 2011 | 8.1% | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 9.5% | +17.3% |
| 2013 | 11.8% | +24.2% |
| 2014 | 13.9% | +17.8% |
| 2015 | 14.1% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 12.1% | -14.2% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | -14.9% |
| 2018 | 9.3% | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 8.3% | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 7.8% | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 7.4% | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 6.6% | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 6.1% | -7.6% |
| 2025 | 5.6% | -8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.9% | 4.2% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.5% | 7.0% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 5.6% | 8.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bermuda
More education data for Bermuda
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 13.23 % change on previous year (2018)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 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)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0258 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Bermuda?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Bermuda was 5.6% 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 Bermuda?
- The highest recorded value was 14.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Bermuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2002.
- How does Bermuda rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Bermuda ranks 106th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age rising or falling in Bermuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bermuda 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, both sexes (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release