Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
52
Highest
1.37 GPIA
Egypt
Lowest
0.3009 GPIA
Dominican Republic
Median
0.9606 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
532
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 1.37 GPIA in Egypt; the lowest is 0.3009 GPIA in Dominican Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9606 GPIA, and the mean is 0.919 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 366.7%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 63.4%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 1.37 GPIA | 2022 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 2 | Togo | 1.34 GPIA | 2021 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 3 | Chile | 1.33 GPIA | 2022 | up 366.7% | rising |
| 4 | Cameroon | 1.29 GPIA | 2018 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 5 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.19 GPIA | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 6 | Benin | 1.15 GPIA | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 7 | Uganda | 1.15 GPIA | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.14 GPIA | 2022 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 9 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.11 GPIA | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 10 | Mali | 1.1 GPIA | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 11 | Panama | 1.1 GPIA | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 12 | Nepal | 1.1 GPIA | 2022 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 13 | Kenya | 1.09 GPIA | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.08 GPIA | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 15 | Peru | 1.08 GPIA | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 16 | Paraguay | 1.05 GPIA | 2024 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 17 | United States of America | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 18 | Guatemala | 1.01 GPIA | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 19 | Mozambique | 1.01 GPIA | 2022 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 20 | Malawi | 0.998 GPIA | 2020 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 21 | Niger | 0.9929 GPIA | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 22 | Ecuador | 0.9887 GPIA | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 23 | Cambodia | 0.983 GPIA | 2021 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 24 | Nigeria | 0.982 GPIA | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 0.9657 GPIA | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 26 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.9614 GPIA | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 27 | Uruguay | 0.9598 GPIA | 2024 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 28 | Rwanda | 0.9524 GPIA | 2020 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 29 | Ghana | 0.9504 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 30 | Mexico | 0.9329 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 31 | Mauritania | 0.9309 GPIA | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 32 | Zambia | 0.9269 GPIA | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 0.869 GPIA | 2022 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 34 | Colombia | 0.8684 GPIA | 2024 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 0.8664 GPIA | 2019 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 36 | Honduras | 0.8607 GPIA | 2024 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 37 | Brazil | 0.8313 GPIA | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 38 | Senegal | 0.7992 GPIA | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 0.7594 GPIA | 2019 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 40 | Jordan | 0.7221 GPIA | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 41 | South Africa | 0.7163 GPIA | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 42 | El Salvador | 0.7143 GPIA | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 0.7062 GPIA | 2022 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 44 | Tunisia | 0.6736 GPIA | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 45 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.6462 GPIA | 2014 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 0.6231 GPIA | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 47 | Gambia | 0.5649 GPIA | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 48 | Armenia | 0.5433 GPIA | 2023 | down 63.4% | rising |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 0.5234 GPIA | 2022 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 50 | Lesotho | 0.5122 GPIA | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 51 | Mongolia | 0.4256 GPIA | 2022 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 0.3009 GPIA | 2024 | down 57.3% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release