Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both in Egypt
Egypt: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both was 21.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both in Egypt, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 21.8% for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both in Egypt peaked at 53.2% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 21.8%, in 2025.
That places Egypt 86th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 youth of upper secondary school age, both in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 36.2% | — |
| 2001 | 36.2% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 35.9% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 36.1% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 37.9% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 48.7% | +28.5% |
| 2006 | 51.2% | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 53.1% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 53.2% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 51.4% | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 47.6% | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 43.1% | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 39.4% | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 37.4% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 36.6% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 36.3% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 36.0% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 34.6% | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 33.2% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 31.4% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 30.3% | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 28.9% | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 27.3% | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 25.8% | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 23.7% | -8.1% |
| 2025 | 21.8% | -8.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 21.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 35.0%, 62% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 21.8% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20.1%, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +28.5% | 37.9% | 48.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.0% | 35.9% | 53.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.6% | 31.4% | 47.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.3% | 21.8% | 30.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 507,445 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 95,355 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 759,210 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 718,435 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 11.56 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.40 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1322 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both in Egypt?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both in Egypt was 21.8% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 53.2% in 2008.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.8% in 2025.
- How does Egypt rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both?
- Egypt ranks 86th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release