Kiribati: Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age)

Key figures

Since 1986 it is down 16.43 percentage points from 22.6% in 1986. The World Bank has no value for 29 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.2 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 54% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Kiribati had the 47th highest value of the 90 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Kiribati in the 2024 ranking

• Bulgaria — 43rd of 90: 6.81%
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 44th of 90: 6.64%
• Qatar — 45th of 90: 6.52%
• Vanuatu — 47th of 90: 6.15%
• San Marino — 48th of 90: 5.99%
• Ghana — 49th of 90: 5.17%

What this measures

Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.

Limitations: The administrative data used in the calculation of the rate of out-of-school children are based on enrolment at a specific date which can bias the results by either counting enrolled children who never attend school or by omitting those who enroll after the reference date for reporting enrolment data. Furthermore, children who drop out of school after the reference date are not counted as out of school. Discrepancies between enrolment and population data from different sources can also result in over- or underestimates of the rate.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 10 values

Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age) in nearby economies

• Australia — 1.85% (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 3.31% (2024)
• Cambodia — 17.59% (2024)
• Fiji — 2.85% (2023)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.68% (2024)
• Indonesia — 1.9% (2025)
• Japan — 0.03% (2023)
• Korea, Rep. — 2.9% (2024)
• Lao PDR — 36.27% (2025)

More education data for Kiribati

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 17,457 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 95.27% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.06 (2020)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 93.29% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 97.2% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers

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Questions people ask

What is Kiribati's adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age)?

6.16% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1986?

It is down 16.43 percentage points from 22.6% in 1986. The highest value was 22.6% in 1986 and the lowest 6.1% in 2014.

How does Kiribati rank?

47th highest of 90 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.UNER.LO.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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