Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Middle Income (july 2025): Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male was 15.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025), 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 15.7%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 33.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15.7%, in 2025.
WB: Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 16th of 39 groups on this measure, 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, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 33.0% | — |
| 2001 | 31.4% | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 29.2% | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 26.9% | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 24.9% | -7.4% |
| 2005 | 23.5% | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 22.4% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 21.7% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 20.9% | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 20.1% | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 19.7% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 19.4% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 18.8% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 18.1% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 17.5% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 17.2% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 17.1% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 17.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17.0% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 16.9% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 16.8% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 16.6% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 16.5% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 16.3% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 16.0% | -1.8% |
| 2025 | 15.7% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.4% | 20.1% | 33.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.9% | 16.9% | 19.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.3% | 15.7% | 16.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 305.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.2528 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 78.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 161.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 589.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 283.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4208 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 247.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male in WB: Middle Income (july 2025) was 15.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male recorded in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 33.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male recorded in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.7% in 2025.
- How does WB: Middle Income (july 2025) rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male?
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 16th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male rising or falling in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release