Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted location parity index (household survey data) (LPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
50
Highest
1.77 LPIA
Ecuador
Lowest
0.5246 LPIA
Armenia
Median
1.43 LPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
507
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted location parity index (household survey data) (LPIA) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 1.77 LPIA in Ecuador; the lowest is 0.5246 LPIA in Armenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.43 LPIA, and the mean is 1.38 LPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 122.3%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 41.8%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecuador | 1.77 LPIA | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 2 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.74 LPIA | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Nigeria | 1.7 LPIA | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 4 | Mongolia | 1.68 LPIA | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 5 | Peru | 1.65 LPIA | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 6 | Cameroon | 1.64 LPIA | 2018 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 7 | Tunisia | 1.63 LPIA | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 8 | El Salvador | 1.62 LPIA | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 9 | Mozambique | 1.62 LPIA | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 10 | Zambia | 1.61 LPIA | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 1.59 LPIA | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 12 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.59 LPIA | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 13 | Panama | 1.58 LPIA | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Honduras | 1.58 LPIA | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 15 | Mexico | 1.56 LPIA | 2022 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 16 | Ghana | 1.56 LPIA | 2024 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 17 | Malawi | 1.55 LPIA | 2020 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 18 | Mauritania | 1.53 LPIA | 2021 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 19 | Lesotho | 1.52 LPIA | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 20 | Niger | 1.52 LPIA | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 21 | Kenya | 1.51 LPIA | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 1.51 LPIA | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 1.49 LPIA | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 24 | Uganda | 1.45 LPIA | 2023 | up 115.8% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 1.44 LPIA | 2019 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 26 | Togo | 1.43 LPIA | 2021 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 27 | Paraguay | 1.43 LPIA | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 28 | Benin | 1.41 LPIA | 2021 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 1.4 LPIA | 2024 | up 122.3% | falling |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 1.4 LPIA | 2022 | up 107.9% | rising |
| 31 | Senegal | 1.39 LPIA | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 32 | Mali | 1.39 LPIA | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 1.37 LPIA | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 34 | Rwanda | 1.34 LPIA | 2020 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 35 | Uruguay | 1.34 LPIA | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 36 | Brazil | 1.34 LPIA | 2024 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 37 | Guatemala | 1.34 LPIA | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 38 | Gambia | 1.27 LPIA | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 39 | Cambodia | 1.22 LPIA | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 40 | Colombia | 1.2 LPIA | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 41 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.18 LPIA | 2022 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 42 | Nepal | 1.03 LPIA | 2022 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.01 LPIA | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 44 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.9623 LPIA | 2022 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 45 | Jordan | 0.9487 LPIA | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 0.9271 LPIA | 2022 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 47 | Egypt | 0.9071 LPIA | 2022 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 48 | Chile | 0.75 LPIA | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 49 | South Africa | 0.6452 LPIA | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 50 | Armenia | 0.5246 LPIA | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release