Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in SDG: Northern America
SDG: Northern America: Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal was 5.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in SDG: Northern America, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in SDG: Northern America is 5.2%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in SDG: Northern America peaked at 6.0% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2000.
That places SDG: Northern America 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in SDG: Northern America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.6% | — |
| 2001 | 1.7% | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 1.8% | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 1.9% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 2.3% | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | +79.5% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | +43.9% |
| 2015 | 5.9% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 5.7% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 5.7% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 5.5% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 5.5% | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 5.2% | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 5.2% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 5.2% | +1.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in SDG: Northern America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +79.5% | 2.3% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | +43.9% | 4.2% | 6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.5% | 2.3% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Northern America
More education data for SDG: Northern America
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28.14 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 418,482 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.2591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4.51 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3044 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2707 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in SDG: Northern America?
- Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in SDG: Northern America was 5.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal recorded in SDG: Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 6.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal recorded in SDG: Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2000.
- How does SDG: Northern America rank for participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal?
- SDG: Northern America ranks 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal rising or falling in SDG: Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 25-54 years old, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release