Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age (UNESCO) by country

Countries reporting
35
Highest
63.25
Guatemala
Lowest
1.4
Chile
Median
18.67
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
620

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age (UNESCO) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 63.25 in Guatemala; the lowest is 1.4 in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.67, and the mean is 21.37.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 45.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 11,513.3%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 86.1%).

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guatemala 63.25 2023 up 7.7% falling
2 Honduras 60.62 2023 up 13.3% rising
3 El Salvador 44.45 2023 up 38.7% falling
4 Suriname 42.52 2015 down 1.3% rising
5 British Virgin Islands 40.67 2024 up 142.2% rising
6 Nicaragua 37.02 2023 down 0.3% falling
7 Guyana 36.62 2023 up 36.9% falling
8 Dominican Republic 34.74 2023 up 38.1% falling
9 Panama 32.04 2015 down 15.9% falling
10 Mexico 31.06 2022 down 20.9% falling
11 Belize 28.1 2023 down 30.5% falling
12 Paraguay 25.77 2023 up 3.4% falling
13 Cuba 22.44 2023 up 35.6% falling
14 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 22.03 2024 down 23.1% falling
15 Saint Lucia 20.31 2023 up 37.7% falling
16 Montserrat 19.43 2023 down 1.3% volatile
17 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 19.02 2023 down 5.6% flat
18 Jamaica 18.67 2023 down 23.6% falling
19 Turks and Caicos Islands 14.67 2022 down 53.4% rising
20 Anguilla 14.63 2022 up 15.5% rising
21 Colombia 13.09 2022 down 39.5% falling
22 Ecuador 11.88 2023 down 54.1% falling
23 Costa Rica 11.44 2023 down 48.9% volatile
24 Dominica 11.27 2023 down 14.0% falling
25 Grenada 10.44 2021 down 46.0% falling
26 Peru 9.37 2023 down 28.4% falling
27 Uruguay 8.63 2023 down 62.0% falling
28 Antigua and Barbuda 8.54 2023 up 82.1% falling
29 Barbados 8.24 2023 up 11,513.3% volatile
30 Brazil 8.2 2022 down 46.9% falling
31 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.63 2022 down 66.4% volatile
32 Argentina 4.59 2022 down 67.6% volatile
33 Trinidad and Tobago 3.63 2023 falling
34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.48 2023 down 86.1% volatile
35 Chile 1.4 2023 down 80.3% falling

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age (UNESCO)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
35 places, 620 data points, 1970–2024
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