Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male 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, male was 161,600 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 161,600 for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.4% on the previous year and down 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 480,400 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 161,600, 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, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 399,600 | — |
| 2001 | 390,300 | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 374,800 | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 360,500 | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 356,100 | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 480,400 | +34.9% |
| 2006 | 470,700 | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 451,900 | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 424,000 | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 398,300 | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 362,500 | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 314,900 | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 268,000 | -14.9% |
| 2013 | 241,300 | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 232,900 | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 224,600 | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 212,700 | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 207,000 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 226,200 | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 266,900 | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 297,900 | +11.6% |
| 2021 | 288,100 | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 245,300 | -14.9% |
| 2023 | 200,300 | -18.3% |
| 2024 | 172,600 | -13.8% |
| 2025 | 161,600 | -6.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male 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 | +34.9% | 356,100 | 480,400 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 410,660 | 356,100 | 480,400 | 10 |
| 2010s | 255,700 | 207,000 | 362,500 | 10 |
| 2020s | 227,633 | 161,600 | 297,900 | 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, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 161,600 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 480,400 in 2005.
- What is the lowest out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 161,600 in 2025.
- How does GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male?
- 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, male rising or falling in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.0%. 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release