Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) by country
Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.
Countries reporting
160
Highest
79.7%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Switzerland
Median
7.1%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,633
What the numbers show
Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 79.7% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Switzerland.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.1%, and the mean is 14.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,295.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Solomon Islands (up 5,498.1%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 98.3%).
Adolescents out of school, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 79.7% | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 2 | Algeria | 77.7% | 2025 | up 1,347.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 69.6% | 2012 | — | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 63.5% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 5 | Guinea | 59.8% | 2014 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 6 | Mali | 59.5% | 2018 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 7 | Senegal | 58.5% | 2024 | up 50.3% | flat |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 55.5% | 2024 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 54.2% | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 10 | Cameroon | 49.0% | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 48.5% | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 12 | Cape Verde | 48.2% | 2022 | up 469.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 47.8% | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 14 | Yemen | 44.5% | 2016 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 15 | Liberia | 43.3% | 2022 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 16 | Iraq | 42.9% | 2007 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 17 | Honduras | 42.6% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 18 | Eritrea | 42.2% | 2022 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 19 | Tunisia | 40.7% | 1985 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 37.1% | 2024 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 21 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 35.9% | 2025 | up 66.6% | falling |
| 22 | El Salvador | 35.4% | 2024 | up 179.6% | rising |
| 23 | Burundi | 35.0% | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Guatemala | 33.4% | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 33.0% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 26 | Mozambique | 32.0% | 2022 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 27 | Suriname | 31.9% | 2024 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 28 | Lebanon | 30.5% | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 29.4% | 2024 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 30 | Lesotho | 28.7% | 2024 | up 205.7% | rising |
| 31 | Togo | 28.2% | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 32 | Guyana | 28.0% | 2023 | up 1,468.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Mauritania | 27.0% | 2024 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 34 | Comoros | 25.2% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 35 | Angola | 23.3% | 2023 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 36 | Libya | 23.0% | 1983 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 37 | Malawi | 23.0% | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 38 | Solomon Islands | 22.1% | 2023 | up 5,498.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 21.6% | 2024 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 20.8% | 2023 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 41 | Jamaica | 20.1% | 2023 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 42 | Panama | 19.7% | 2023 | up 204.2% | falling |
| 43 | British Virgin Islands | 18.6% | 2024 | up 242.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Romania | 16.4% | 2023 | up 124.3% | rising |
| 45 | Tuvalu | 16.4% | 2020 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 46 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 16.3% | 2017 | up 176.4% | falling |
| 47 | Malaysia | 15.3% | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Kuwait | 15.1% | 2021 | up 389.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Puerto Rico | 15.1% | 2024 | up 254.6% | rising |
| 50 | Cambodia | 15.0% | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Paraguay | 15.0% | 2024 | up 64.1% | falling |
| 52 | Bahamas | 14.9% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 53 | India | 12.9% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 54 | Bangladesh | 12.8% | 2024 | up 658.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Ecuador | 12.6% | 2023 | up 269.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Philippines | 12.4% | 2024 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 57 | Dominica | 12.2% | 2023 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 11.7% | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 59 | Mauritius | 11.6% | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Timor-Leste | 10.8% | 2020 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 61 | Ukraine | 10.0% | 2024 | up 683.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Oman | 8.9% | 2024 | up 391.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Albania | 8.8% | 2023 | up 44.4% | falling |
| 64 | South Africa | 8.8% | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 65 | Botswana | 8.8% | 2022 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 8.8% | 2024 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 67 | Maldives | 8.7% | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Eswatini | 8.5% | 2022 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.5% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 70 | Macau, China | 8.3% | 2024 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 8.2% | 2024 | up 160.8% | falling |
| 72 | Cuba | 8.0% | 2024 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Mexico | 7.8% | 2024 | up 191.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 7.7% | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 75 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.6% | 2015 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Lucia | 7.5% | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Myanmar | 7.4% | 2018 | down 80.7% | falling |
| 78 | Andorra | 7.4% | 2024 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 79 | Ghana | 7.4% | 2024 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.2% | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 7.0% | 2024 | up 164.3% | rising |
| 82 | Serbia | 6.9% | 2024 | up 254.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Hong Kong, China | 6.7% | 2021 | up 70.6% | falling |
| 84 | Kiribati | 6.6% | 2024 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Belize | 6.4% | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 86 | Egypt | 6.2% | 2024 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 87 | Vanuatu | 6.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Qatar | 5.9% | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 89 | San Marino | 5.9% | 2024 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 5.7% | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 91 | Grenada | 5.6% | 2014 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Kenya | 5.6% | 2006 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 93 | Palestine, State of | 5.3% | 2023 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 94 | Fiji | 5.0% | 2016 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Viet Nam | 4.9% | 2023 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 96 | Mongolia | 4.8% | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Nepal | 4.8% | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Tonga | 4.5% | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Liechtenstein | 4.5% | 2021 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 100 | Kazakhstan | 4.5% | 2025 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 101 | Poland | 4.4% | 2020 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 102 | Belarus | 4.4% | 2024 | up 3,277.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Armenia | 4.3% | 2024 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 104 | Gambia | 4.2% | 2025 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Brazil | 4.1% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 3.7% | 2024 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Colombia | 3.7% | 2022 | up 78.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Hungary | 3.0% | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Korea | 3.0% | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Barbados | 3.0% | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 111 | Jordan | 2.9% | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Estonia | 2.7% | 2024 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 113 | Samoa | 2.6% | 2014 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 2.6% | 2025 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 115 | Latvia | 2.5% | 2024 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 116 | Cayman Islands | 2.5% | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Morocco | 2.4% | 2024 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Israel | 2.3% | 2024 | up 183.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Namibia | 2.3% | 2018 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 120 | New Zealand | 2.3% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 121 | Indonesia | 2.2% | 2023 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Italy | 2.0% | 2023 | up 221.2% | rising |
| 123 | Malta | 1.9% | 2023 | up 201.3% | rising |
| 124 | Spain | 1.9% | 2024 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.9% | 2025 | down 82.5% | falling |
| 126 | Bahrain | 1.8% | 2024 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Australia | 1.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Iceland | 1.8% | 2023 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 129 | Türkiye | 1.8% | 2023 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Bhutan | 1.7% | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Belgium | 1.6% | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 1.5% | 2023 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Chile | 1.5% | 2022 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 134 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.4% | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Russian Federation | 1.4% | 2019 | down 77.3% | falling |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.3% | 2021 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Uruguay | 1.3% | 2023 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Slovakia | 1.3% | 2024 | down 63.8% | rising |
| 139 | Luxembourg | 1.3% | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Slovenia | 1.3% | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 141 | Austria | 1.3% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 142 | Finland | 1.3% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 143 | Peru | 1.1% | 2021 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Denmark | 1.1% | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Norway | 1.0% | 2024 | up 289.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Greece | 1.0% | 2023 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 147 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.7% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Netherlands | 0.5% | 2023 | up 472.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Czechia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 289.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Sweden | 0.4% | 2024 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Naoero | 0.3% | 2025 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Cyprus | 0.3% | 2017 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Montenegro | 0.3% | 2021 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 2015 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Germany | 0.2% | 2023 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 158 | France | 0.1% | 2022 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2025 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 96.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 43.6%
- Middle income 15.4%
- Lower middle income 11.3%
- Upper middle income 5.3%
- High income 1.8%
About this data
Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.