Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male was 35.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 35.8% 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 3.5% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 54.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 35.8%, in 2025.
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 16th 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, male in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 54.2% | — |
| 2001 | 53.9% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 53.7% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 53.4% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 53.0% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 51.9% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 49.6% | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 45.9% | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 42.7% | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 41.4% | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 41.3% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 41.3% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 40.5% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 39.1% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 38.7% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 39.4% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 40.5% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 41.8% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 43.3% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 44.6% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 45.6% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 39.5% | -13.4% |
| 2022 | 39.2% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 38.5% | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 37.1% | -3.6% |
| 2025 | 35.8% | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.0% | 41.4% | 54.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.0% | 38.7% | 44.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.3% | 35.8% | 45.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 8.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.70 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 15.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 5.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.05 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 35.8% 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: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 54.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.8% in 2025.
- How does GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male?
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 16th 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: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Upper 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release