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 5.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
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
The most recent figure for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Eastern Asia is 5.2%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 160.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in SDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 10.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 2016.
That places SDG: Eastern Asia 32nd 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 | 10.5% | — |
| 2001 | 8.3% | -21.0% |
| 2002 | 6.6% | -20.5% |
| 2003 | 5.7% | -13.6% |
| 2004 | 5.6% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 6.1% | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 6.8% | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 7.3% | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 6.9% | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 6.3% | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 5.9% | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 5.1% | -13.6% |
| 2012 | 4.1% | -19.6% |
| 2013 | 2.9% | -29.3% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | -20.7% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | +25.0% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | +32.0% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | +30.3% |
| 2021 | 5.1% | +18.6% |
| 2022 | 5.2% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 5.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5.2% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 5.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.0% | 5.6% | 10.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 1.8% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 4.3% | 5.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern Asia
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 5.2% 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 10.5% 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 1.8% in 2016.
- How does SDG: Eastern Asia rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 32nd 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 160.0%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release