Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes was 598,000 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 598,000 for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 948,700 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 598,000, in 2025.
That places GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 34th 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: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 935,300 | — |
| 2001 | 943,900 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 948,700 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 947,900 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 945,300 | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 938,200 | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 913,300 | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 862,300 | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 815,900 | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 797,200 | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 796,300 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 797,300 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 785,300 | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 767,700 | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 766,000 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 782,400 | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 803,100 | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 827,400 | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 854,800 | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 878,600 | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 898,600 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 622,600 | -30.7% |
| 2022 | 623,900 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 622,500 | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 611,700 | -1.7% |
| 2025 | 598,000 | -2.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Upper Middle Income 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -30.7% | 898,600 | 622,600 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 904,800 | 797,200 | 948,700 | 10 |
| 2010s | 805,890 | 766,000 | 878,600 | 10 |
| 2020s | 662,883 | 598,000 | 898,600 | 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 youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 598,000 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: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 948,700 in 2002.
- What is the lowest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes recorded in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 598,000 in 2025.
- How does GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes?
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 34th 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: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.6%. 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 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