The proportion of young people aged between 15 and 34 with no formal education fell considerably between 2000 and 2022 from 35.7% to 8.9%, a drop of 26.8 points, according to the High Commissioner for Planning (HCP).
The biggest drop was among women (from 47.7% to 12.1%) and rural residents (from 59.5% to 15.6%), down 35.6 points and 49.9 points respectively, says the HCP in an information note on International Youth Day.
In contrast, the proportion of young people with secondary education or higher has risen sharply, from 19.7% in 2000 to 42.7% in 2022, adds the HCP, noting that the greatest gains are also recorded among women and rural residents.
“The gap between men and women in the number of young people with secondary education or higher has narrowed from 5.1 percentage points in 2000”, notes the HCP, pointing out that for rural residents, this share has risen from 5% to 21.9% respectively.
The HCP also points out that the number of young people aged between 15 and 34 remains high and will continue to grow by 2030, but at a slower rate than the total population, i.e. 0.3% and 0.9% respectively between 2023 and 2030. The youth population will increase from 11.5 million in 2014 to 11.8 million in 2023, and in proportion from 34.2% to 31.9% respectively.
Young people aged 15 to 24 alone account for 16.1% in 2023, versus 18% in 2014. The share of young urban residents in the youth population rose from 60% to 66% between 2014 and 2023.
Over the same period, the share of people aged 60 and over rose from 9.4% in 2014 to 12.7% in 2023, an increase of 3.3 percentage points, notes the HCP.