UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) provides a dataset measuring the percentage of children of lower secondary school age not enrolled in any formal education. The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-26 and is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO. It is available in CSV and XML formats.
Use Cases
- Calculate national and regional out-of-school rates based on the percentage metric.
- Monitor progress towards education access targets based on the indicator for lower secondary age children.
- Compare educational enrollment gaps across different populations based on the age-specific definition.
Strengths
- Data is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ), an authoritative source on child welfare.
- Dataset is licensed under the open CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.
- Data is available in both CSV and XML formats for flexibility.
Limitations
- Row count is 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
- Likely compiled from national administrative data and surveys.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-26 09:48:57.100135; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
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