Data for 2022
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2022
Figures for 2022, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2022 covers 147 countries on 3 measures. Niger is highest, at 73.045; Czechia is lowest, at 0.018. The middle country reads 4.771. Against 2021, 130 values changed (64 up, 66 down), 17 countries joined, 17 left.
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age · Data for 2022
HighestNiger
73.045LowestCzechia
0.018Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2022, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 147 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 73.045 | 74.109 | 72.019 | |
| 2 | 66.273 | 48.161 | 83.093 | |
| 3 | 62.601 | 57.837 | 67.048 | |
| 4 | 53.930 | 50.427 | 57.333 | |
| 5 | 51.973 | 49.806 | 54.036 | |
| 6 | 51.072 | 51.433 | 50.721 | |
| 7 | 47.322 | 45.636 | 48.924 | |
| 8 | 47.166 | 49.733 | 44.674 | |
| 9 | 46.725 | 48.728 | 44.732 | |
| 10 | 45.696 | 43.200 | 48.076 | |
| 11 | 44.420 | 43.254 | 45.560 | |
| 12 | 37.706 | 39.399 | 36.053 | |
| 13 | 37.215 | 36.370 | 38.043 | |
| 14 | 37.086 | 42.223 | 32.025 | |
| 15 | 34.523 | 34.063 | 34.969 | |
| 16 | 32.779 | 32.153 | 33.373 | |
| 17 | 32.325 | 30.566 | 33.982 | |
| 18 | 32.155 | 38.326 | 26.283 | |
| 19 | 30.342 | 26.695 | 33.976 | |
| 20 | 30.317 | 28.294 | 32.368 | |
| 21 | 27.984 | 31.992 | 23.978 | |
| 22 | 26.299 | 22.990 | 29.512 | |
| 23 | 26.292 | 28.418 | 24.212 | |
| 24 | 24.730 | 16.234 | 32.540 | |
| 25 | 22.474 | 20.255 | 24.548 | |
| 26 | 19.355 | 17.590 | 21.060 | |
| 27 | 19.244 | 11.691 | 26.666 | |
| 28 | 17.383 | 16.667 | 18.096 | |
| 29 | 17.340 | 15.084 | 19.426 | |
| 30 | 16.430 | 15.686 | 17.154 | |
| 31 | 16.384 | 15.937 | 16.812 | |
| 32 | 15.863 | 16.029 | 15.705 | |
| 33 | 15.704 | 22.245 | 9.362 | |
| 34 | 13.976 | 13.705 | 14.237 | |
| 35 | 13.351 | 13.544 | 13.166 | |
| 36 | 13.075 | 11.748 | 14.409 | |
| 37 | 12.955 | 13.402 | 12.565 | |
| 38 | 12.791 | 8.405 | 16.892 | |
| 39 | 12.697 | 12.165 | 13.214 | |
| 40 | 12.520 | 4.407 | 19.948 | |
| 41 | 11.238 | 10.692 | 11.768 | |
| 42 | 11.191 | 10.943 | 11.429 | |
| 43 | 10.709 | 9.876 | 11.471 | |
| 44 | 10.373 | 11.988 | 8.798 | |
| 45 | 9.172 | 8.801 | 9.539 | |
| 46 | 8.742 | 8.956 | 8.540 | |
| 47 | 8.549 | 8.807 | 8.306 | |
| 48 | 8.495 | 5.709 | 10.957 | |
| 49 | 8.361 | 7.625 | 9.051 | |
| 50 | 8.036 | 6.109 | 10.040 | |
| 51 | 8.010 | 6.568 | 9.402 | |
| 52 | 7.748 | 8.475 | 7.067 | |
| 53 | 7.268 | 8.542 | 5.983 | |
| 54 | 7.246 | 3.320 | 11.157 | |
| 55 | 6.943 | 8.036 | 5.903 | |
| 56 | 6.937 | 7.362 | 6.531 | |
| 57 | 6.813 | 3.837 | 9.750 | |
| 58 | 6.416 | 4.617 | 8.102 | |
| 59 | 6.207 | 6.581 | 5.849 | |
| 60 | 6.199 | 6.390 | 6.022 | |
| 61 | 6.184 | 2.911 | 9.291 | |
| 62 | 6.167 | — | — | |
| 63 | 5.775 | 5.427 | 6.106 | |
| 64 | 5.733 | 4.948 | 6.473 | |
| 65 | 5.634 | — | — | |
| 66 | 5.601 | 4.944 | 6.241 | |
| 67 | 5.481 | 4.741 | 6.188 | |
| 68 | 5.447 | — | — | |
| 69 | 5.373 | 5.398 | 5.349 | |
| 70 | 5.339 | 5.803 | 4.894 | |
| 71 | 5.235 | 5.952 | 4.546 | |
| 72 | 5.048 | 4.646 | 5.448 | |
| 73 | 4.817 | — | — | |
| 74 | 4.771 | 4.426 | 5.101 | |
| 75 | 4.764 | 6.401 | 3.252 | |
| 76 | 4.725 | 2.015 | 7.463 | |
| 77 | 4.532 | 4.412 | 4.645 | |
| 78 | 4.438 | 3.707 | 5.139 | |
| 79 | 4.262 | 5.759 | 2.812 | |
| 80 | 3.973 | 4.456 | 3.511 | |
| 81 | 3.951 | 2.421 | 5.377 | |
| 82 | 3.938 | 3.051 | 4.786 | |
| 83 | 3.855 | — | — | |
| 84 | 3.816 | — | — | |
| 85 | 3.550 | — | — | |
| 86 | 3.300 | 4.356 | 2.252 | |
| 87 | 3.272 | — | — | |
| 88 | 3.180 | 3.124 | 3.235 | |
| 89 | 2.966 | 3.176 | 2.767 | |
| 90 | 2.750 | — | — | |
| 91 | 2.746 | 1.113 | 4.304 | |
| 92 | 2.656 | 3.417 | 1.940 | |
| 93 | 2.614 | — | — | |
| 94 | 2.460 | 2.345 | 2.568 | |
| 95 | 2.363 | — | — | |
| 96 | 2.306 | 2.382 | 2.235 | |
| 97 | 2.254 | — | — | |
| 98 | 2.203 | 4.149 | 0.175 | |
| 99 | 2.105 | 1.008 | 3.152 | |
| 100 | 2.057 | 0.444 | 3.522 | |
| 101 | 2.034 | 2.138 | 1.936 | |
| 102 | 1.995 | — | — | |
| 103 | 1.721 | 1.690 | 1.750 | |
| 104 | 1.647 | 1.390 | 1.888 | |
| 105 | 1.642 | 1.683 | 1.603 | |
| 106 | 1.615 | 1.174 | 2.036 | |
| 107 | 1.557 | 1.605 | 1.511 | |
| 108 | 1.434 | — | — | |
| 109 | 1.425 | 0.936 | 1.886 | |
| 110 | 1.344 | 1.024 | 1.651 | |
| 111 | 1.298 | 1.177 | 1.413 | |
| 112 | 1.287 | 1.362 | 1.215 | |
| 113 | 1.278 | 1.288 | 1.268 | |
| 114 | 1.261 | — | — | |
| 115 | 1.251 | 1.286 | 1.218 | |
| 116 | 1.247 | — | — | |
| 117 | 1.142 | — | — | |
| 118 | 0.996 | — | — | |
| 119 | 0.955 | 1.010 | 0.902 | |
| 120 | 0.813 | 0.375 | 1.230 | |
| 121 | 0.800 | 0.816 | 0.785 | |
| 122 | 0.785 | 1.489 | 0.105 | |
| 123 | 0.656 | — | — | |
| 124 | 0.647 | 0.731 | 0.568 | |
| 125 | 0.642 | — | — | |
| 126 | 0.566 | — | — | |
| 127 | 0.508 | — | — | |
| 128 | 0.489 | — | — | |
| 129 | 0.473 | 0.520 | 0.429 | |
| 130 | 0.460 | 0.460 | 0.459 | |
| 131 | 0.437 | 0.397 | 0.474 | |
| 132 | 0.436 | 0.270 | 0.593 | |
| 133 | 0.326 | — | — | |
| 134 | 0.288 | — | — | |
| 135 | 0.283 | 0.285 | 0.281 | |
| 136 | 0.279 | 0.309 | 0.250 | |
| 137 | 0.231 | 0.109 | 0.347 | |
| 138 | 0.171 | — | — | |
| 139 | 0.161 | — | — | |
| 140 | 0.138 | — | — | |
| 141 | 0.102 | — | — | |
| 142 | 0.062 | — | — | |
| 143 | 0.055 | — | — | |
| 144 | 0.054 | — | — | |
| 145 | 0.041 | — | — | |
| 146 | 0.039 | — | — | |
| 147 | 0.018 | — | — |
02In 2022
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Niger73.045
- 2
Cabo Verde66.273
- 3
Senegal62.601
- 4
Burkina Faso53.930
- 5
Syria51.973
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.771. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest
Niger74.109
Lowest
France0.109
Middle country: 6.031
Male
Highest
Cabo Verde83.093
Lowest
Chile0.105
Middle country: 7.265
032021 → 2022
Since 2021
What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +17 / −17countries joined / left
- 130values changed, of 130 in both
- 64 · 66rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Cabo Verde8.073 → 66.273+58.200
Bangladesh18.142 → 24.730+6.588
Togo20.649 → 26.292+5.644
Zimbabwe12.010 → 17.383+5.374
Burkina Faso49.580 → 53.930+4.350
Fell most
South Africa11.108 → 3.300−7.807
Sierra Leone14.491 → 6.813−7.678
Comoros40.434 → 32.779−7.655
Tonga7.605 → 0.054−7.551
Qatar12.948 → 5.733−7.215
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
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Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
70 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2022). Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate-lower-secondary/2022
0626 held
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Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2021147 countries
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Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age: every year26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2022: questions and answers
Which country has the highest out-of-school rate (lower secondary) in Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2022?
Niger, at 73.045, of the 147 countries in the file.
What year does Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2022 describe?
2022.
How many countries does Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2022 cover?
147.
Where can I download Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2022?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2022 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2024.