Out-of-school youth in Rwanda
In Rwanda, 28.3% of young people of upper secondary school age were not in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2017.
Rwanda, 2024
28.3%
Change from 2023
−10.0percentage points
Out-of-school youth in Rwanda over time
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% of youth of upper secondary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Rwanda |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 28.3% |
| 2023 | 38.3% |
| 2022 | 34.4% |
| 2021 | 41.5% |
| 2019 | 48.9% |
| 2018 | 41.6% |
| 2017 | 20.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −10.0 percentage points from 38.3% in 2023.
- Since 2017, when it was 20.5%, the figure has changed by +7.8 percentage points.
More for Rwanda
All statistics for Rwanda
Out-of-school adolescents
5.8%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
26.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
62.7%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
32.0%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
19.2%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
1.0%
2024 · UNESCO UIS