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Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age

26 years, 1999–2024 · 116 countries · 3 measures

The lower-secondary out-of-school rate is the share of adolescents of lower-secondary school age — typically about 12 to 15 — who are in no school at all, primary or secondary. It is the age at which drop-out starts to bite, so it often reads very differently from the rate for younger children.

This site holds every year from 1999 to 2024, read from UIS’s own data and stored exactly as published.

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Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2024
Held
26 years · 2,888 rows
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CC BY-SA 4.0

0126 years

Every year

Newest first. Each opens the full table for that year, and each downloads as a CSV.

1999bar height: countries covered, up to 1472024
Every year of Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age held on this site, newest first, with its download files.
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2024Newest116+12 −41September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2023145+16 −18September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2022147+17 −17September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2021147+15 −11September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2020143+17 −12September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2019138+14 −10September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2018134+13 −13September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2017134+14 −14September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2016134+15 −18September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2015137+16 −11September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2014132+23 −12September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2013121+24 −16September 29, 2026CSV
Show all 26 years
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2012113+14 −12September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2011111+16 −9September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2010104+21 −11September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200994+17 −9September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200886+11 −13September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200788+13 −13September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200688+7 −15September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200596+16 −11September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200491+19 −11September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200383+10 −20September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200293+18 −12September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200187+35 −14September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200066+17 −11September 29, 2026CSV
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 199960—September 29, 2026CSV

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: out-of-school-rate-lower-secondary-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

025 columns

What’s in the file

Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.

Every column in the newest file of Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.
ColumnWhat it holdsStored asRange, 2024DistinctEmptySpread
CountrycountryNameThe country’s name, as this file spells it.Text—1160
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifierThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.Text · 3 letters—1160
Out-of-school rate, lower secondary age (%)out_of_school_rate_lower_secondaryHeadlineThe headline figure: Out-of-school rate, lower secondary age (%).Number · up to 16 decimals0.0112United Arab Emirates79.7080Nigermiddle 6.34301160
FemalefemaleWomenThe same measure, for women.Number · up to 16 decimals0.035Switzerland79.657Nigermiddle 7.3679620
MalemaleMenThe same measure, for men.Number · up to 16 decimals0.000Algeria79.757Nigermiddle 7.9019620

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the worse result.

03196 countries across every year

Who is covered

How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.

All regions
Countries in each year of Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, by continent.
201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Africa273029263027272225272425
Americas252629252421263031313122
Asia322929333437333638393833
Europe323739393939414040383723
Oceania5101111710111513121513
All121132137134134134138143147147145116

The newest 12 of 26 years.

Who joined and who left

  • 2024
    + Brazil+ Cook Islands+ Comoros+ Ghana+ Mauritania+ Oman+ Peru+ Saudi Arabia+ Serbia+ Turkmenistan+ Trinidad and Tobago+ Zambia− Angola− Albania− Argentina− Antigua and Barbuda− Belgium− Bosnia and Herzegovina− Canada− Cameroon− Cyprus− Czechia− Dominica− Ecuador− Fiji− United Kingdom− Greece− Guyana− Iran− Iceland− Italy− Jamaica− Japan− Sri Lanka− Malta− Montenegro− Mongolia− Montserrat− Nicaragua− Netherlands− Panama− Papua New Guinea− Portugal− Palestine− Romania− Russia− Singapore− Solomon Islands− Slovenia− Turks and Caicos Islands− Türkiye− Uruguay− South Africa
  • 2023
    + Angola+ Bahamas+ Curaçao+ Egypt+ Guyana+ Cambodia+ Mauritius+ Nicaragua+ Niue+ Papua New Guinea+ Puerto Rico+ Solomon Islands+ Turks and Caicos Islands+ Chad+ Tanzania+ Ukraine− Anguilla− Benin− Brazil− Botswana− Colombia− Comoros− Cabo Verde− Eritrea− Ireland− Liberia− Mozambique− Oman− Peru− Serbia− Eswatini− Turkmenistan− United States− Venezuela
  • 2022
    + Anguilla+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Bahrain+ Botswana+ Eritrea+ Ethiopia+ Iran+ Maldives+ Mozambique+ Montserrat+ Nauru+ Romania+ Senegal+ Eswatini+ Seychelles+ Turkmenistan+ Venezuela− Bahamas− Cook Islands− Egypt− Ghana− Gibraltar− Grenada− Guyana− Cambodia− Kuwait− Liechtenstein− Mauritius− Papua New Guinea− Saudi Arabia− Turks and Caicos Islands− Chad− Tanzania− Ukraine
  • 2021
    + Bangladesh+ Bahamas+ Bhutan+ Cameroon+ Comoros+ Grenada+ Jamaica+ Sri Lanka+ Niger+ Nepal+ Pakistan+ Rwanda+ Chad+ Tanzania+ British Virgin Islands− Burundi− Curaçao− Iran− Saint Kitts and Nevis− Maldives− Mozambique− Mauritania− Niue− Solomon Islands− Timor-Leste− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • 2020
    + Benin+ Curaçao+ Fiji+ Guyana+ India+ Iran+ Cambodia+ Kiribati+ Saint Kitts and Nevis+ Liberia+ Niue+ Palau+ Paraguay+ Syria+ United States+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines+ Vanuatu− Antigua and Barbuda− Bahrain− Gabon− Jamaica− Niger− Nauru− Romania− Rwanda− Sudan− Eswatini− Chad− Tanzania
  • 2019
    + Canada+ Dominica+ Gabon+ Gibraltar+ Honduras+ Marshall Islands+ Niger+ Nauru+ Panama+ Suriname+ Sweden+ Eswatini+ Turks and Caicos Islands+ Uruguay− Bangladesh− Bhutan− Comoros− Eritrea− Fiji− Sri Lanka− Mali− Myanmar− Montserrat− Puerto Rico
  • 2018
    + United Arab Emirates+ Cayman Islands+ Fiji+ Indonesia+ Mongolia+ Philippines+ Papua New Guinea+ Puerto Rico+ Saudi Arabia+ Sudan+ San Marino+ Tonga+ Tuvalu− Honduras− Croatia− Iran− Kiribati− Liberia− Niger− Nepal− Panama− Eswatini− Turks and Caicos Islands− Uruguay− Venezuela− Zambia
  • 2017
    + Bangladesh+ Comoros+ Eritrea+ United Kingdom+ Jordan+ Myanmar+ Montserrat+ Panama+ Solomon Islands+ Turks and Caicos Islands+ Togo+ Thailand+ South Africa+ Zambia− Cameroon− Dominica− Fiji− Gibraltar− Marshall Islands− Niue− Nauru− Philippines− Puerto Rico− Paraguay− Saudi Arabia− Suriname− Tuvalu− Yemen

Not in this dataset · 29 places this site covers

UIS gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

AfghanistanAmerican SamoaChannel IslandsChinaDjiboutiDR CongoFaroe IslandsFrench PolynesiaGreenlandGuamHaitiIsle of ManKosovoLibyaMonacoNew CaledoniaNigeriaNorth KoreaNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsRepublic of the CongoSaint MartinSomaliaSomalilandTaiwanTunisiaUgandaUnited States Virgin IslandsVatican City

04Provenance

Where it comes from

The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.

The site’s method

  1. 1 · Publisher

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

    databrowser.uis.unesco.org

  2. 2 · Their file

    Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age 2024

    indicators

  3. 3 · Read by this site

    September 29, 2026

    Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

  4. 4 · Stored as

    26 files, one per year

    Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as out-of-school-rate-lower-secondary-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

  5. 5 · Used on

    Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

    /statistics/out-of-school-rate-lower-secondary

Precision

The headline is stored to 16 decimals, as published.

Rounded by this site

Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.

Changed by this site

Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

From the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (ROFST.2.CP). Editions reporting fewer than 50 countries are not written, which drops every year before 1999 and the newest stub year. Female and male rates are stored beside the headline.

05Reuse

Licence and credit

What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.

Every publisher’s terms

Licence · checked September 29, 2026

CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Share and redistribute it
  • Adapt it and build on it
  • Use it commercially
  • Credit the publisher
  • Say what you changed
  • Publish anything adapted from it under the same licence

Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

A credit line

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, via Nations Inquiry.

Cite this dataset

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 1999–2024 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate-lower-secondary

The publisher’s own citation: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. UIS Data Browser. Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.

06Where it is used

Around the site

Where these numbers appear on this site, and the datasets nearest to it.

07Questions

Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age: questions and answers

What is the Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age?

The lower-secondary out-of-school rate is the share of adolescents of lower-secondary school age — typically about 12 to 15 — who are in no school at all, primary or secondary. It is the age at which drop-out starts to bite, so it often reads very differently from the rate for younger children.

Which years of the Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age can I download?

All 26, from 1999 to 2024, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.

Does UIS rank countries on it?

No. UIS publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes, under CC BY-SA 4.0, with credit to UIS. The licence text is linked on this page.

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