Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Southern Asia
SDG: Southern Asia: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female was 40.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Southern Asia, 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: Southern Asia stood at 40.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Southern Asia peaked at 62.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 40.5%, in 2023.
That places SDG: Southern Asia 10th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 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: Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 62.1% | — |
| 2001 | 61.2% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 60.4% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 59.2% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 57.8% | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 55.8% | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 53.4% | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 50.9% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 49.2% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 47.9% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 46.8% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 45.9% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 44.7% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 43.9% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 43.3% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 42.8% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 42.5% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 42.0% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 41.5% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 41.3% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 41.2% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 40.6% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 40.7% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 40.5% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 40.5% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 40.6% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 55.8% | 47.9% | 62.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.5% | 41.3% | 46.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.7% | 40.5% | 41.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Southern Asia
More education data for SDG: Southern Asia
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.70 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 88.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.205 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 94.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 54.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 28.18 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Southern Asia?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in SDG: Southern Asia was 40.6% 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: Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 62.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in SDG: Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.5% in 2023.
- How does SDG: Southern Asia rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- SDG: Southern Asia ranks 10th 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: Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this SDG: Southern Asia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release