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Canada: Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes

6.64percent · 2023+71.6% since 2013

Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.1T3.CP. Annual figures for Canada from 2012 to 2023.

20122023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20236.64NAT_EST
20226.435NAT_EST
20216.029NAT_EST
20205.276NAT_EST
20194.93UIS_EST
20182.378NAT_EST
20172.508UIS_EST
20162.838UIS_EST
20153.656UIS_EST
20143.78UIS_EST
20133.87UIS_EST
20124.043UIS_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-1t3-cp (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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Canada: Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (2012–2023) · Interva