Adolescents out of school, male (% of male 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
83.1%
Cape Verde
Lowest
0.0%
Türkiye
Median
7.5%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,621
What the numbers show
Adolescents out of school, male (% of male lower secondary school age) is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 83.1% in Cape Verde; the lowest is 0.0% in Türkiye.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.5%, and the mean is 15.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,051.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 3,464.0%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 98.0%).
Adolescents out of school, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Verde | 83.1% | 2022 | up 586.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Niger | 79.8% | 2024 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 3 | Algeria | 77.4% | 2025 | up 2,165.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Senegal | 68.9% | 2024 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 63.0% | 2024 | up 42.1% | falling |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 55.4% | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 7 | El Salvador | 55.0% | 2024 | up 297.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 54.1% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 54.0% | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Chad | 53.8% | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 11 | Mali | 53.1% | 2018 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 50.8% | 2012 | — | falling |
| 13 | Suriname | 47.1% | 2024 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 14 | Honduras | 46.0% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 15 | Liberia | 45.6% | 2022 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 16 | Cameroon | 45.3% | 2023 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea | 43.4% | 2014 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 18 | Madagascar | 40.4% | 2024 | up 39.7% | flat |
| 19 | Burundi | 39.2% | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 36.6% | 2025 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 21 | Lesotho | 35.9% | 2024 | up 99.2% | falling |
| 22 | Yemen | 35.1% | 2016 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 23 | Lebanon | 34.4% | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 34.1% | 2024 | up 74.8% | falling |
| 25 | Mauritania | 33.6% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32.1% | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 27 | Eritrea | 32.0% | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 28 | Guatemala | 31.4% | 2024 | up 39.6% | falling |
| 29 | Comoros | 31.2% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 30 | Papua New Guinea | 29.7% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 31 | Kuwait | 29.3% | 2021 | up 448.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Malawi | 27.7% | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 33 | Togo | 26.0% | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 34 | Guyana | 25.3% | 2023 | up 865.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 24.8% | 2023 | up 1,282.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Gambia | 24.1% | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 37 | Mozambique | 24.0% | 2022 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 38 | Iraq | 23.7% | 2007 | down 43.1% | rising |
| 39 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 23.2% | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 40 | Jamaica | 21.3% | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 41 | Panama | 21.1% | 2023 | up 154.5% | falling |
| 42 | Tunisia | 20.6% | 1985 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 43 | Angola | 20.6% | 2023 | up 194.9% | rising |
| 44 | Malaysia | 20.4% | 2024 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 45 | Cambodia | 20.1% | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 19.0% | 2017 | up 78.7% | falling |
| 47 | Bhutan | 17.7% | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 17.4% | 2024 | up 78.8% | falling |
| 49 | British Virgin Islands | 17.3% | 2024 | up 464.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Tuvalu | 17.2% | 2020 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | 17.1% | 2024 | up 171.0% | rising |
| 52 | Bahamas | 16.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Romania | 16.1% | 2023 | up 139.1% | rising |
| 54 | Timor-Leste | 16.1% | 2020 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 55 | Paraguay | 15.8% | 2024 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 15.4% | 2023 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 57 | India | 15.0% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 58 | Ecuador | 14.6% | 2023 | up 290.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Mauritius | 14.3% | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 14.2% | 2024 | up 163.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Philippines | 13.8% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 62 | Myanmar | 13.6% | 2018 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 12.4% | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 11.4% | 2024 | up 1,042.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Ukraine | 10.9% | 2024 | up 370.2% | volatile |
| 66 | South Africa | 10.4% | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 67 | Mexico | 10.4% | 2024 | up 218.7% | falling |
| 68 | Maldives | 10.1% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 69 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.8% | 2015 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 70 | Oman | 9.6% | 2024 | up 325.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Botswana | 9.5% | 2022 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Tonga | 9.1% | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Macau, China | 8.4% | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 74 | Rwanda | 8.0% | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.9% | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 76 | Mongolia | 7.9% | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Belize | 7.8% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 78 | Indonesia | 7.8% | 2023 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.7% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 7.5% | 2024 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 7.5% | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 82 | Cuba | 7.4% | 2024 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Andorra | 7.4% | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 7.4% | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 85 | Qatar | 7.1% | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Egypt | 7.1% | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 87 | Palestine, State of | 6.7% | 2023 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 6.7% | 2024 | up 414.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 6.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 90 | San Marino | 6.1% | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 91 | Eswatini | 6.0% | 2022 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Libya | 5.9% | 1983 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 93 | Kiribati | 5.7% | 2024 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 94 | Namibia | 5.5% | 2018 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 95 | Colombia | 5.1% | 2022 | up 67.5% | falling |
| 96 | Naoero | 5.0% | 2025 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Belarus | 4.5% | 2024 | up 678.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Poland | 4.5% | 2020 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 99 | Nepal | 4.3% | 2024 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 100 | Cayman Islands | 4.1% | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Hong Kong, China | 4.1% | 2021 | up 134.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.7% | 2025 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 103 | Bahrain | 3.5% | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Fiji | 3.4% | 2016 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Kenya | 3.2% | 2006 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Latvia | 3.1% | 2024 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 107 | Hungary | 3.1% | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates | 3.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Ghana | 3.0% | 2024 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Brazil | 3.0% | 2024 | down 40.7% | flat |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.0% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 2.9% | 2025 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.8% | 2021 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 114 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.8% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 115 | Korea | 2.8% | 2024 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 116 | Cyprus | 2.6% | 2017 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 117 | Russian Federation | 2.6% | 2019 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 118 | Estonia | 2.5% | 2024 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 119 | Dominica | 2.5% | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 2.5% | 2025 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 121 | New Zealand | 2.4% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 122 | Samoa | 2.3% | 2014 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Serbia | 2.3% | 2024 | up 370.7% | rising |
| 124 | Armenia | 2.2% | 2024 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 125 | Morocco | 2.2% | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Albania | 2.2% | 2023 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 2.1% | 2024 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Israel | 2.0% | 2024 | up 3,464.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Australia | 1.9% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 130 | Thailand | 1.9% | 2025 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Italy | 1.9% | 2023 | up 224.5% | rising |
| 132 | Malta | 1.8% | 2023 | up 344.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Grenada | 1.8% | 2014 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Spain | 1.7% | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 135 | Peru | 1.7% | 2021 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Uruguay | 1.7% | 2023 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Barbados | 1.5% | 2024 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Liechtenstein | 1.5% | 2021 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Belgium | 1.4% | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Slovenia | 1.4% | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 141 | Iceland | 1.4% | 2023 | up 80.9% | rising |
| 142 | Slovakia | 1.4% | 2024 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Finland | 1.3% | 2024 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 144 | Viet Nam | 1.3% | 2023 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 145 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.2% | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Austria | 1.2% | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 147 | Denmark | 1.1% | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Jordan | 1.1% | 2024 | down 87.2% | falling |
| 149 | Greece | 1.0% | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Lithuania | 0.9% | 2015 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 151 | Germany | 0.9% | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 152 | Netherlands | 0.8% | 2023 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Norway | 0.7% | 2024 | up 510.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Sweden | 0.4% | 2024 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Czechia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 156 | France | 0.3% | 2022 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Montenegro | 0.2% | 2021 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Switzerland | 0.2% | 2024 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Chile | 0.1% | 2022 | down 97.1% | falling |
| 160 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2023 | down 98.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 39.9%
- Middle income 15.7%
- Lower middle income 12.0%
- Upper middle income 6.5%
- High income 2.0%
About this data
Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.