Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Curaçao
Curaçao: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female was 3.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Curaçao, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Curaçao is 3.7%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.8% on the previous year and down 58.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Curaçao peaked at 12.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 2025.
That places Curaçao 169th out of 206 countries 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 youth of upper secondary school age, female in Curaçao, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.0% | — |
| 2001 | 11.9% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 11.6% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 11.3% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 11.0% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 10.9% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 10.8% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 10.5% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 10.3% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 10.4% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 10.1% | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 9.9% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 9.4% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 9.0% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 8.8% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 8.5% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 8.3% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 7.9% | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 7.8% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 9.4% | +20.5% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | -25.5% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 5.4% | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 4.5% | -16.7% |
| 2025 | 3.7% | -17.8% |
Curaçao compared with similar countries
- Curaçao's 3.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 5.4%, 69% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Curaçao's 3.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18.1%, 20% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Curaçao 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -25.5% | 9.4% | 7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.1% | 10.3% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.9% | 7.8% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 3.7% | 9.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Curaçao
More education data for Curaçao
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Curaçao?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Curaçao was 3.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in Curaçao?
- The highest recorded value was 12.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in Curaçao?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2025.
- How does Curaçao rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- Curaçao ranks 169th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female rising or falling in Curaçao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Curaçao 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, female (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release