Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
175
Highest
27.10 million
India
Lowest
14
Montserrat
Median
26,587
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,825
What the numbers show
Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male (number) is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 27.10 million in India; the lowest is 14 in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 26,587, and the mean is 429,154.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Australia (up 715.4%), and the largest decrease in Turkey (down 99.9%).
Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary … secondary male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 27.10 million | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 5.51 million | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 3.88 million | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 4 | Tanzania | 2.86 million | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2.09 million | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 1.85 million | 2024 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 7 | Algeria | 1.74 million | 2025 | up 532.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Mexico | 1.45 million | 2024 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 1.40 million | 2024 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 10 | Madagascar | 1.33 million | 2024 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 1.22 million | 2024 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 1.21 million | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 13 | Cameroon | 1.17 million | 2023 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 14 | Syria | 1.16 million | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 15 | Senegal | 1.16 million | 2024 | up 110.1% | rising |
| 16 | Chad | 1.04 million | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 993,873 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 18 | Yemen | 991,305 | 2016 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 19 | Mali | 874,976 | 2018 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 20 | Mozambique | 741,774 | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 21 | Burundi | 730,698 | 2025 | up 108.6% | rising |
| 22 | Russia | 693,798 | 2023 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 23 | Iraq | 686,587 | 2007 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 24 | Myanmar | 648,445 | 2018 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 25 | Malawi | 646,366 | 2024 | up 85.1% | rising |
| 26 | Iran | 629,142 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 27 | Ghana | 567,083 | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 28 | Guatemala | 560,584 | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 29 | Brazil | 541,270 | 2024 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 30 | Malaysia | 496,749 | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 31 | Guinea | 476,781 | 2014 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 470,921 | 2009 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 439,757 | 2024 | up 72.3% | flat |
| 34 | Cambodia | 372,392 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 35 | South Africa | 349,596 | 2023 | up 36.7% | falling |
| 36 | Thailand | 310,580 | 2025 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 37 | Honduras | 294,526 | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 38 | Nepal | 275,881 | 2024 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 39 | Togo | 273,015 | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 263,450 | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 41 | Laos | 259,376 | 2025 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 42 | Morocco | 233,332 | 2024 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 43 | Mauritania | 224,956 | 2024 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 224,771 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 45 | Venezuela | 210,851 | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 46 | Colombia | 199,538 | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 47 | Romania | 195,364 | 2023 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 48 | Ukraine | 195,357 | 2024 | up 385.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Rwanda | 179,804 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 50 | Liberia | 179,076 | 2022 | up 170.4% | rising |
| 51 | Lebanon | 159,810 | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 156,280 | 2023 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 53 | Germany | 152,992 | 2024 | up 40.2% | falling |
| 54 | Ecuador | 142,066 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 134,571 | 2024 | up 42.7% | falling |
| 56 | El Salvador | 126,357 | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 57 | United Kingdom | 115,783 | 2023 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 58 | Argentina | 115,126 | 2023 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 59 | Bolivia | 114,759 | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 60 | Eritrea | 108,530 | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 61 | Canada | 107,677 | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 62 | Italy | 103,076 | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 82,309 | 2024 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 64 | Paraguay | 82,307 | 2024 | up 44.9% | falling |
| 65 | France | 76,189 | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 73,766 | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 67 | Gambia | 73,543 | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 68 | Palestine | 72,477 | 2023 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 69 | Poland | 72,190 | 2020 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 68,886 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 71 | Kuwait | 65,565 | 2021 | up 238.1% | rising |
| 72 | Spain | 63,902 | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 62,936 | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 74 | Japan | 61,925 | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 75 | Cuba | 58,566 | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Lesotho | 57,783 | 2024 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 77 | Panama | 57,178 | 2023 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 78 | South Korea | 48,333 | 2024 | up 81.1% | falling |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 46,335 | 2011 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 80 | Australia | 40,038 | 2024 | up 715.4% | rising |
| 81 | Oman | 38,999 | 2024 | up 706.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 37,988 | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Serbia | 36,016 | 2024 | up 44.1% | falling |
| 84 | Peru | 34,746 | 2024 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 85 | Jamaica | 29,050 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 86 | Jordan | 27,150 | 2024 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 87 | Hungary | 26,671 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 88 | Comoros | 26,587 | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 89 | Puerto Rico | 24,260 | 2024 | up 48.4% | falling |
| 90 | Botswana | 24,018 | 2022 | up 88.4% | falling |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 23,881 | 2024 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 92 | East Timor | 22,010 | 2020 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 93 | Suriname | 21,168 | 2024 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 94 | Belarus | 20,044 | 2024 | up 372.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19,976 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 96 | Solomon Islands | 19,840 | 2023 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 18,100 | 2024 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 98 | Czechia | 17,991 | 2023 | up 76.1% | flat |
| 99 | Mongolia | 17,972 | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Austria | 17,938 | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 101 | Switzerland | 16,718 | 2024 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 102 | Namibia | 16,528 | 2018 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 14,680 | 2022 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Guyana | 11,721 | 2023 | up 100.8% | falling |
| 105 | Denmark | 11,086 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 106 | Israel | 11,073 | 2024 | up 27.9% | falling |
| 107 | Uruguay | 10,724 | 2023 | down 70.4% | falling |
| 108 | Mauritius | 10,609 | 2024 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 109 | Croatia | 10,481 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 110 | New Zealand | 10,410 | 2024 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 111 | Qatar | 10,381 | 2024 | up 108.0% | falling |
| 112 | Armenia | 10,186 | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 113 | Slovakia | 10,088 | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 114 | Eswatini | 9,478 | 2022 | up 80.7% | falling |
| 115 | Norway | 9,376 | 2024 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 116 | Bhutan | 8,921 | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 117 | Netherlands | 8,460 | 2023 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 118 | Moldova | 8,324 | 2020 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Greece | 7,805 | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Belgium | 7,049 | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 121 | Finland | 6,941 | 2024 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 122 | Sweden | 6,778 | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 4,912 | 2022 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 124 | Brunei | 4,797 | 2023 | up 55.9% | falling |
| 125 | Fiji | 4,468 | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 126 | Belize | 4,315 | 2024 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 127 | Maldives | 4,224 | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 128 | Latvia | 3,864 | 2024 | up 109.1% | falling |
| 129 | Bahamas | 3,253 | 2024 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 130 | Chile | 3,106 | 2024 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Estonia | 3,102 | 2024 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 132 | Micronesia (country) | 2,367 | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 133 | Montenegro | 2,351 | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 134 | Georgia | 2,227 | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Samoa | 2,140 | 2016 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 136 | Slovenia | 2,100 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 137 | Luxembourg | 2,087 | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 138 | Iceland | 2,059 | 2023 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 1,911 | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 140 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,878 | 2015 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 141 | Macao | 1,688 | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 142 | Tonga | 1,679 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 143 | Lithuania | 1,465 | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Kiribati | 1,233 | 2024 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 145 | Malta | 1,228 | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 146 | Saint Lucia | 1,227 | 2024 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 147 | Albania | 1,062 | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Bahrain | 1,042 | 2024 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Seychelles | 997 | 2024 | up 97.8% | falling |
| 150 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 819 | 2015 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 151 | Marshall Islands | 817 | 2024 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 152 | Ireland | 785 | 2022 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 650 | 2024 | up 446.2% | volatile |
| 154 | San Marino | 563 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 155 | Barbados | 497 | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Turkey | 447 | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Cyprus | 402 | 2024 | down 78.3% | falling |
| 158 | Aruba | 368 | 2009 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 159 | British Virgin Islands | 316 | 2024 | up 321.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 290 | 2012 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Grenada | 260 | 2015 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 162 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 242 | 2021 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 163 | Hong Kong | 238 | 2024 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Singapore | 232 | 2023 | up 103.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Andorra | 230 | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 166 | Portugal | 216 | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Tuvalu | 209 | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 168 | Cayman Islands | 193 | 2024 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 169 | Tokelau | 122 | 2025 | up 183.7% | rising |
| 170 | Anguilla | 117 | 2023 | up 234.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Dominica | 112 | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Cook Islands | 109 | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Nauru | 72 | 2025 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 174 | Liechtenstein | 20 | 2021 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Montserrat | 14 | 2014 | unchanged | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release