Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female was 33.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 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 GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 is 33.0%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 54.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 33.0%, in 2025.
That places GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 18th out of 39 groups 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 GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 54.7% | — |
| 2001 | 54.6% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 54.3% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 53.8% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 53.2% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 52.5% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 50.9% | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 49.4% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 48.3% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 47.3% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 45.9% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 44.6% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 43.7% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 43.1% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 43.0% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 42.5% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 41.8% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 41.0% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 40.5% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 40.6% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 40.2% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 39.3% | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 38.1% | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 36.8% | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 35.0% | -4.9% |
| 2025 | 33.0% | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.9% | 47.3% | 54.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.7% | 40.5% | 45.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.1% | 33.0% | 40.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 64.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 67.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 132.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.324 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 33.0% 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 GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 54.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.0% in 2025.
- How does GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 18th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female rising or falling in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release