Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Sudan
Sudan: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 42.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Sudan, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 42.3% for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in 2025.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Sudan peaked at 75.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 30.4%, in 2019.
That places Sudan 19th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Sudan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 75.8% | — |
| 2001 | 72.2% | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 67.0% | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 60.1% | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 52.9% | -12.0% |
| 2005 | 47.8% | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 44.0% | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 41.9% | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 42.6% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 41.4% | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 38.1% | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 35.0% | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 32.6% | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 31.8% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 32.2% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 32.4% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 33.4% | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 34.2% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 32.3% | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 30.4% | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 33.3% | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 34.4% | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 36.3% | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 38.9% | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 41.7% | +7.2% |
| 2025 | 42.3% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54.6% | 41.4% | 75.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.2% | 30.4% | 38.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.8% | 33.3% | 42.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More education data for Sudan
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 105,251 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 581,716 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 563,787 (2019)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.31 million (2019)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.23 million (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.27 % change on previous year (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1149 units per person (2019)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Sudan?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Sudan was 42.3% 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 75.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.4% in 2019.
- How does Sudan rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Sudan ranks 19th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release