Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Europe
SDG: Europe: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female was 5.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Europe, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Europe stood at 5.3%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Europe peaked at 11.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2025.
That places SDG: Europe 35th out of 39 groups 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 SDG: Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.0% | — |
| 2001 | 10.2% | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 9.3% | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 8.3% | -10.8% |
| 2004 | 7.6% | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 7.1% | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 6.9% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 6.8% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 8.0% | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 8.5% | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 7.0% | -17.6% |
| 2012 | 5.8% | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5.6% | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 5.9% | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 6.1% | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 6.1% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 6.0% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 5.9% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 5.7% | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 5.6% | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 5.4% | -3.6% |
| 2025 | 5.3% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.2% | 6.8% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 5.4% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 5.3% | 6.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Europe
- 32 Kenya 49.2% compare
- 33 Maldives 49.2% compare
- 34 Lebanon 47.5% compare
- 35 Suriname 47.4% compare
- 36 Côte d'Ivoire 47.3% compare
- 37 El Salvador 46.6% compare
- 38 Russian Federation 46.5% compare
More education data for SDG: Europe
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.4455 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0503 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 342,650 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 32.93 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.0449 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Europe?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Europe was 5.3% 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 SDG: Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 11.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in SDG: Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2025.
- How does SDG: Europe rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- SDG: Europe ranks 35th 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 SDG: Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this SDG: Europe 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release