Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female 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, female was 152,800 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female 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, female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 152,800. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.6% on the previous year and down 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 501,500 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 152,800, in 2025.
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 37th 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 youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 418,600 | — |
| 2001 | 407,800 | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 392,200 | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 379,700 | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 372,800 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 501,500 | +34.5% |
| 2006 | 494,100 | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 479,600 | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 457,300 | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 433,700 | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 401,000 | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 354,000 | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 305,600 | -13.7% |
| 2013 | 275,500 | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 262,600 | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 249,600 | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 233,700 | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 226,200 | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 244,300 | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 282,600 | +15.7% |
| 2020 | 310,100 | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 297,900 | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 250,700 | -15.8% |
| 2023 | 197,700 | -21.1% |
| 2024 | 163,600 | -17.2% |
| 2025 | 152,800 | -6.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female 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 | +34.5% | 372,800 | 501,500 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 433,730 | 372,800 | 501,500 | 10 |
| 2010s | 283,510 | 226,200 | 401,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 228,800 | 152,800 | 310,100 | 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)
All data for GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 152,800 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 501,500 in 2005.
- What is the lowest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 152,800 in 2025.
- How does GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- 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, female rising or falling in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.8%. 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, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release