UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Out-of-school rate, lower-secondary age (%)

Name: Out-of-school rate, lower-secondary age (%)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/getting-started

Share of lower-secondary-age adolescents not enrolled in any level of education. Out-of-school rates rise sharply at secondary age, especially where displacement and child labour interrupt schooling. UNESCO UIS national estimate, both sexes.

Trend

Latest values

Period	Area	Value	Unit
2024	Syria	51.31	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2023	Syria	51.75	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2022	Syria	51.97	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2021	Syria	51.00	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2020	Syria	49.73	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2013	Syria	44.58	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2012	Syria	10.74	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2011	Syria	11.50	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2010	Syria	12.25	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2009	Syria	13.09	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2008	Syria	15.21	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2007	Syria	16.37	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2006	Syria	19.03	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2005	Syria	16.89	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2004	Syria	21.03	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2003	Syria	24.16	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2002	Syria	36.12	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2001	Syria	37.70	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
2000	Syria	40.12	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
1999	Syria	39.22	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
1998	Syria	38.47	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
1979	Syria	36.25	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
1978	Syria	37.42	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
1977	Syria	36.97	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
1976	Syria	39.51	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
1975	Syria	43.54	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
1973	Syria	42.30	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
1971	Syria	60.56	% of lower-secondary-age adolescents

About this data

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Dataset: UNESCO UIS Syria education indicators
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Dataset version: 20260721141533-2be8a06a6658
Last source check: 2026-07-21
Data quality: Source-published
Original download: Source API request; UNESCO Institute for Statistics national both-sexes estimate; reported or modelled values as published by UIS.
What this data is and is not: These are UNESCO UIS national series for Syria, both sexes, not governorate-level measurements. Some values are reported by national authorities and some are UIS estimates, and coverage varies sharply by year—out-of-school rates run to recent years while some spending and completion figures predate the war. Sanad keeps the national total for each year.; Official methodology documentation

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Syria Data Observatory, “Out-of-school rate, lower-secondary age (%)”. Dataset: UNESCO UIS Syria education indicators. Original source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Version: 20260721141533-2be8a06a6658. Last source check: 2026-07-21. https://observatory.sanaddata.com/en/indicators/unesco-out-of-school-lower-secondary.

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