South Asia - 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 South Asia was 15.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 48.17 in 1999, while its lowest value was 14.90 in 2016.

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
1999 48.17
2000 47.36
2001 46.59
2002 44.21
2003 38.94
2004 36.89
2005 35.39
2006 33.23
2007 31.04
2008 29.01
2009 28.10
2010 25.00
2011 22.92
2012 20.22
2013 18.00
2014 17.43
2015 15.36
2016 14.90
2017 15.83
2018 15.52
2019 15.39
2020 15.09

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

Adolescents out of school, male (% of male lower secondary school age) in South Asia was 17.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 35.26 in 2002, while its lowest value was 17.39 in 2018.

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
1999 34.88
2000 34.35
2001 35.23
2002 35.26
2003 33.03
2004 31.78
2005 30.37
2006 28.90
2007 26.98
2008 26.65
2009 26.88
2010 25.23
2011 24.45
2012 22.82
2013 22.47
2014 22.11
2015 19.30
2016 18.76
2017 18.43
2018 17.39
2019 18.03
2020 17.52

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

Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age) in South Asia was 16.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 41.24 in 1999, while its lowest value was 16.36 in 2020.

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:

Year Value
1999 41.24
2000 40.58
2001 40.67
2002 39.54
2003 35.85
2004 34.22
2005 32.76
2006 30.96
2007 28.91
2008 27.77
2009 27.46
2010 25.12
2011 23.72
2012 21.58
2013 20.35
2014 19.89
2015 17.43
2016 16.93
2017 17.19
2018 16.50
2019 16.77
2020 16.36

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation