Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Egypt
Egypt: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female was 23.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Egypt, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 23.4% for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.2% on the previous year and down 38.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Egypt peaked at 53.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 23.4%, in 2025.
That places Egypt 73rd 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, female in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39.4% | — |
| 2001 | 38.7% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 37.7% | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 37.4% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 38.8% | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 50.5% | +30.2% |
| 2006 | 52.2% | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 53.4% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 53.2% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 51.5% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 47.9% | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 43.6% | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 40.3% | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 38.9% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 38.4% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 37.8% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 37.0% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 35.3% | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 34.2% | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 32.9% | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 32.0% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 30.7% | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 29.2% | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 27.6% | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 25.5% | -7.6% |
| 2025 | 23.4% | -8.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 23.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 35.0%, 67% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 23.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15.7%, 1.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female 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 | +30.2% | 38.8% | 50.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 45.3% | 37.4% | 53.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.6% | 32.9% | 47.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.1% | 23.4% | 32.0% | 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, female in Egypt?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Egypt was 23.4% 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 53.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.4% in 2025.
- How does Egypt rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- Egypt ranks 73rd 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 Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.1%. 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, female (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release