Out-of-school adolescents in Suriname

In Suriname, 39.6% of adolescents of lower secondary school age were not in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1987.

Measure: Out-of-school rate, adolescents of lower secondary school age Unit: % of adolescents of lower secondary school age Data: 1987 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Suriname, 2024 39.6% % of adolescents of lower secondary school age
Change from 2023 +8.5percentage points 2023: 31.1%

Out-of-school adolescents in Suriname over time

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% of adolescents of lower 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.

Out-of-school rate, adolescents of lower secondary school age (% of adolescents of lower secondary school age), 2009 to 2024
Period Suriname
2024 39.6%
2023 31.1%
2022 15.7%
2021 21.3%
2020 28.1%
2019 27.5%
2016 15.4%
2015 24.2%
2014 23.2%
2013 23.1%
2012 22.8%
2011 24.4%
2010 25.8%
2009 29.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +8.5 percentage points from 31.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2012, when it was 22.8%, the figure has changed by +16.8 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
ROFST.2.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1987 to 2024 for Suriname
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org