Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female was 40.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 recorded 40.0% 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.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 58.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 40.0%, in 2025.
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 12th 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 youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 58.8% | — |
| 2001 | 58.6% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 58.4% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 58.0% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 57.5% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 56.7% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 55.2% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 53.7% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 52.6% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 51.6% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 50.3% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 49.1% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 48.1% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 47.6% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 47.4% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 47.1% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 46.5% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 45.9% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 45.5% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 45.6% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 45.5% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 44.7% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 43.9% | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 42.8% | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 41.4% | -3.3% |
| 2025 | 40.0% | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.1% | 51.6% | 58.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.3% | 45.5% | 50.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.1% | 40.0% | 45.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % 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: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 40.0% 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: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 58.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.0% in 2025.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 12th 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: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, 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