Administrative data from UNICEF measures the proportion of youth in the official upper secondary school age range who are not enrolled in any formal education. The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO and was last updated on 2026-03-26.
Use Cases
- Calculate national and regional out-of-school rates based on administrative enrollment data.
- Monitor progress towards education access targets for upper secondary school-age youth.
- Analyze disparities in educational participation using the proportion of non-enrolled youth.
- Model the impact of external factors, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, on school enrollment.
Strengths
- Data is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ), an authoritative source for child-related statistics.
- Available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, XML) for flexible analysis.
- License is clearly specified as CC-BY-3.0-IGO, facilitating open use.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the administrative sources.
Provenance
- Source
- UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ)
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from national administrative records on school enrollment.
- Time Range
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- Freshness
- Last updated 2026 03 26 10:24:12.458691; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
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