Arab World - Adolescents out of school

Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age)

Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) in Arab World was 18.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 47.61 in 1984, while its lowest value was 18.38 in 2019.

Definition: Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year	Value
1984	47.61
1985	42.40
1993	40.45
1994	41.91
1995	40.91
1996	38.81
1997	37.47
1998	36.42
1999	35.01
2000	33.83
2001	32.68
2002	31.18
2003	29.77
2004	28.75
2005	27.38
2006	26.77
2007	26.51
2008	25.54
2009	23.74
2010	23.14
2011	22.76
2012	21.29
2013	23.95
2014	22.84
2015	21.81
2016	20.76
2017	20.55
2018	19.31
2019	18.38
2020	18.79

Adolescents out of school, male (% of male lower secondary school age)

Adolescents out of school, male (% of male lower secondary school age) in Arab World was 14.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 28.27 in 1984, while its lowest value was 14.44 in 2019.

Definition: Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year	Value
1984	28.27
1985	25.88
1993	25.47
1994	26.41
1995	25.82
1996	24.83
1997	24.26
1998	23.80
1999	22.93
2000	22.00
2001	21.57
2002	21.03
2003	20.58
2004	19.46
2005	18.78
2006	18.94
2007	18.63
2008	18.17
2009	17.36
2010	17.66
2011	18.02
2012	16.94
2013	19.37
2014	18.14
2015	17.29
2016	16.64
2017	16.46
2018	15.22
2019	14.44
2020	14.97

Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age)

Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age) in Arab World was 16.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 37.74 in 1984, while its lowest value was 16.37 in 2019.

Definition: Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

• Thematic map
• Country comparison
• Country ranking
• More details
• Download data to Excel

Year	Value
1984	37.74
1985	33.97
1986	34.87
1987	33.44
1988	33.53
1989	33.75
1990	34.56
1991	33.84
1992	34.08
1993	32.80
1994	33.99
1995	33.20
1996	31.67
1997	30.73
1998	29.98
1999	28.85
2000	27.79
2001	27.01
2002	26.00
2003	25.08
2004	24.01
2005	22.99
2006	22.77
2007	22.48
2008	21.77
2009	20.48
2010	20.34
2011	20.34
2012	19.07
2013	21.61
2014	20.44
2015	19.50
2016	18.65
2017	18.46
2018	17.22
2019	16.37
2020	16.84

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation