Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern Asia: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 6.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
6.2%
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
30th
of 39 groups
All-time high
9.7%
in 2000
All-time low
3.0%
in 2016
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Eastern Asia, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Eastern Asia recorded 6.2% for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in 2025.
That represents a change of up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 9.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2016.
That places SDG: Eastern Asia 30th out of 39 groups 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 SDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.7% | — |
| 2001 | 7.8% | -19.6% |
| 2002 | 6.4% | -17.9% |
| 2003 | 5.8% | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6.4% | +10.3% |
| 2006 | 7.3% | +14.1% |
| 2007 | 8.1% | +11.0% |
| 2008 | 8.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7.8% | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 6.8% | -10.5% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | -20.6% |
| 2013 | 4.1% | -24.1% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | -17.1% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 3.1% | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | +16.1% |
| 2019 | 4.4% | +22.2% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | +20.5% |
| 2021 | 5.9% | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 6.2% | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 6.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6.2% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 6.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.3% | 5.8% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.5% | 3.0% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 5.3% | 6.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern Asia
- 27 Papua New Guinea 31.3% compare
- 28 Cote d'Ivoire 30.8% compare
- 29 Mauritania 30.3% compare
- 30 Tunisia 30.2%
- 31 Comoros 28.3% compare
- 32 Mozambique 28.0% compare
- 33 Togo 27.1% compare
More education data for SDG: Eastern Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 63.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 33.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 34.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4947 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 119.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7719 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Eastern Asia was 6.2% 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 SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2016.
- How does SDG: Eastern Asia rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 30th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age rising or falling in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern Asia 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release