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Percentage of lower secondary school-age children not attending school (2025)

Percentage of lower secondary school-age children not attending school

Global (2025)

18.6

%

Year-over-Year

+105.22%

2024–2025

5-Year Change

+101.58%

2020–2025

Data source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics11 of 237 countries have data available for this metric
1970
2025
2025

Rankings at a glance

Highest · Percentage of lower secondary school-age children not attending school (2025)

Historical trends

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