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 5.9% 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 %.
Analysis
In 2025, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Curaçao stood at 5.9%.
That represents a change of up 20.4% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Curaçao peaked at 8.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2021.
That places Curaçao 103rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.8% | — |
| 2001 | 8.6% | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 8.3% | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 8.0% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 7.8% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 7.8% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7.6% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 7.4% | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 7.1% | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 6.8% | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 6.7% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 6.5% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 6.1% | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 5.7% | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 5.6% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 5.1% | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 4.9% | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | -36.7% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 3.8% | +18.7% |
| 2024 | 4.9% | +28.9% |
| 2025 | 5.9% | +20.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.8% | 6.8% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 4.2% | 6.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Curaçao
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 5.9% 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 8.8% 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 3.1% in 2021.
- How does Curaçao rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Curaçao ranks 103rd out of 206 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 up 5.4%. 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, both sexes (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release