Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024: Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes was 314,400 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2025, out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 314,400. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 981,800 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 314,400, in 2025.
That places GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 37th 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 youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 818,200 | — |
| 2001 | 798,000 | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 767,000 | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 740,200 | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 728,900 | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 981,800 | +34.7% |
| 2006 | 964,800 | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 931,500 | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 881,300 | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 832,000 | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 763,600 | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 668,900 | -12.4% |
| 2012 | 573,600 | -14.2% |
| 2013 | 516,800 | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 495,500 | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 474,200 | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 446,300 | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 433,300 | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 470,500 | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 549,500 | +16.8% |
| 2020 | 608,000 | +10.6% |
| 2021 | 586,000 | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 496,000 | -15.4% |
| 2023 | 398,100 | -19.7% |
| 2024 | 336,300 | -15.5% |
| 2025 | 314,400 | -6.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +34.7% | 728,900 | 981,800 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 844,370 | 728,900 | 981,800 | 10 |
| 2010s | 539,220 | 433,300 | 763,600 | 10 |
| 2020s | 456,467 | 314,400 | 608,000 | 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 youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 314,400 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 981,800 in 2005.
- What is the lowest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 314,400 in 2025.
- How does GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes?
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 37th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.7%. 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 youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release