Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male was 8.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 8.6% for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.3% on the previous year and down 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 21.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 8.6%, in 2025.
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 34th of 39 groups on this measure, 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, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.4% | — |
| 2001 | 20.4% | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 19.1% | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 18.1% | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 18.0% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 21.5% | +19.4% |
| 2006 | 21.6% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 21.0% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 20.1% | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 19.3% | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 18.0% | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 16.0% | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 14.0% | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 13.1% | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 13.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12.8% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 12.7% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 14.1% | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 16.6% | +17.7% |
| 2020 | 18.4% | +10.8% |
| 2021 | 17.6% | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 14.8% | -15.9% |
| 2023 | 11.8% | -20.3% |
| 2024 | 9.7% | -17.8% |
| 2025 | 8.6% | -11.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.1% | 18.0% | 21.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.3% | 12.7% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.5% | 8.6% | 18.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 352,674 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 29.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.45 % 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, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 8.6% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 21.6% in 2006.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.6% in 2025.
- How does GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male?
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 34th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male rising or falling in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Europe & Central Asia 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release