Adolescent Out-of-School Rates for Lower Secondary Education

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) provides administrative data on the proportion of adolescents of lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in any formal education. The dataset, last updated on 2026-03-26, is available in CSV and XML formats under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license. It measures the out-of-school rate for the official age range corresponding to this education level.

Use Cases

• Calculate national or regional out-of-school rates based on the administrative proportion metric.
• Monitor progress towards education access targets based on the official age range for lower secondary education.
• Analyze disparities in school enrollment for children and young people based on the described indicator.

Strengths

• Data is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ), an authoritative source on children's issues.
• The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-26 09:06:12.828552.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ)

Collection Method

Administrative data collection.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:06:12.828552.

Geography

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