Out-of-school adolescents in United States

In United States, 0.8% of adolescents of lower secondary school age were not in school in 2022.

Measure: Out-of-school rate, adolescents of lower secondary school age Unit: % of adolescents of lower secondary school age Data: 2020 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
United States, 2022 0.8% % of adolescents of lower secondary school age
Change from 2021 −0.3percentage points 2021: 1.2%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022 0.9% Middle value of 38 countries

Out-of-school adolescents in United States 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), 2020 to 2022
Period United States
2022 0.8%
2021 1.2%
2020 0.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 1.2% in 2021.
  • Since 2020, when it was 0.2%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.

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UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
ROFST.2.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2020 to 2022 for United States
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