Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Eritrea
Eritrea: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 32.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Eritrea, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Eritrea stood at 32.1%.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Eritrea peaked at 35.9% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 19.5%, in 2003.
That places Eritrea 36th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.4% | — |
| 2001 | 20.4% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 19.8% | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 19.5% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 21.3% | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 22.0% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 22.4% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 22.3% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 22.8% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 24.8% | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 27.8% | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 31.3% | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 35.0% | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 35.9% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 34.4% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 31.1% | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 28.0% | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 26.1% | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 26.0% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 27.1% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 28.6% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 30.4% | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 32.1% | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 33.1% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 33.0% | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 32.1% | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.6% | 19.5% | 24.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.3% | 26.0% | 35.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.6% | 28.6% | 33.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More education data for Eritrea
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 28,835 (2022)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 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)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26,792 (2022)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 398,090 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,881 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.69 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7908 % change on previous year (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Eritrea?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Eritrea was 32.1% 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 35.9% in 2013.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.5% in 2003.
- How does Eritrea rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Eritrea ranks 36th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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, male (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release