Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age) - Country Ranking - Africa

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, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Somalia 79.93 1980
2 Tanzania 71.75 2016
3 Niger 64.94 2017
4 Chad 62.22 2019
5 Senegal 60.18 2020
6 Dem. Rep. Congo 55.51 1994
7 Guinea 53.89 2016
8 Mali 52.77 2018
9 Central African Republic 52.12 2017
10 Guinea-Bissau 51.05 2000
11 Sierra Leone 49.03 2018
12 Uganda 48.76 2017
13 Ethiopia 47.05 2015
14 Burkina Faso 46.71 2020
15 Benin 42.08 2020
16 Côte d'Ivoire 41.76 2020
17 Djibouti 39.56 2021
18 Mozambique 37.98 2020
19 Equatorial Guinea 37.42 2001
20 Cameroon 36.72 2016
21 Eritrea 36.08 2018
22 Sudan 34.34 2018
23 Tunisia 30.62 1985
24 Gabon 30.22 2019
25 Madagascar 30.03 2019
26 Burundi 29.66 2021
27 Mauritania 28.16 2019
28 Angola 23.61 2010
29 Togo 21.45 2017
30 Liberia 21.29 2014
31 Algeria 20.83 1997
32 Comoros 19.21 2018
33 Malawi 18.56 2019
34 Congo 17.92 1976
35 The Gambia 14.58 2021
36 Lesotho 14.53 2018
37 Cabo Verde 12.51 2019
38 Libya 12.09 1983
39 South Africa 10.32 2019
40 Botswana 9.94 2017
41 São Tomé and Principe 9.59 2015
42 Ghana 7.62 2020
43 Zimbabwe 7.54 2019
44 Morocco 7.16 2020
45 Rwanda 3.77 2019
46 Mauritius 3.40 2021
47 Seychelles 2.92 2020
48 Eswatini 2.76 2015
49 Egypt 2.39 2019
50 Kenya 1.83 2009
51 Namibia 1.30 2019

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Limitations and Exceptions: The administrative data used in the calculation of the rate of out-of-school children are based on enrolment at a specific date which can bias the results by either counting enrolled children who never attend school or by omitting those who enroll after the reference date for reporting enrolment data. Furthermore, children who drop out of school after the reference date are not counted as out of school. Discrepancies between enrolment and population data from different sources can also result in over- or underestimates of the rate. Lastly, the international comparability of this indicator can be affected by the use of different concepts of enrolment and out-of-school children across countries.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The rate of out-of-school adolescents allows to compare across countries with different population sizes. It shows the share of official lower secondary age adolescents who never attended school or dropped out to the population of official lower secondary school age. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual