UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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

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

Share of upper-secondary-age youth not enrolled in any level of education — typically the highest out-of-school rate, as older students face work and family pressures. UNESCO UIS national estimate, both sexes.

Trend

Latest values

Period	Area	Value	Unit
2024	Syria	72.72	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2023	Syria	71.78	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2022	Syria	74.96	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2021	Syria	72.64	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2020	Syria	73.16	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2013	Syria	68.96	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2012	Syria	57.06	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2011	Syria	58.95	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2010	Syria	60.67	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2009	Syria	62.40	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2008	Syria	64.69	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2007	Syria	64.97	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2006	Syria	65.37	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2005	Syria	64.45	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2004	Syria	66.80	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2003	Syria	67.94	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2002	Syria	73.77	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2001	Syria	71.25	% of upper-secondary-age youth
2000	Syria	73.15	% of upper-secondary-age youth
1999	Syria	74.77	% of upper-secondary-age youth
1998	Syria	74.31	% of upper-secondary-age youth

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

Citation

How to cite this data

Syria Data Observatory, “Out-of-school rate, upper-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-upper-secondary.

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