Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted wealth parity index (household survey data) (WPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
40
Highest
1.95 WPIA
Jordan
Lowest
0.1038 WPIA
Brazil
Median
1.66 WPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
427
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted wealth parity index (household survey data) (WPIA) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 1.95 WPIA in Jordan; the lowest is 0.1038 WPIA in Brazil.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.66 WPIA, and the mean is 1.24 WPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 6,791.2%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 94.4%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan | 1.95 WPIA | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.95 WPIA | 2023 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 3 | Ghana | 1.92 WPIA | 2022 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 4 | Nigeria | 1.9 WPIA | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 5 | Guatemala | 1.89 WPIA | 2015 | up 6,791.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Cameroon | 1.88 WPIA | 2018 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 7 | Kenya | 1.84 WPIA | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 8 | Mozambique | 1.84 WPIA | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 9 | Lesotho | 1.81 WPIA | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 10 | Nepal | 1.78 WPIA | 2022 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 11 | Zambia | 1.78 WPIA | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 12 | Paraguay | 1.76 WPIA | 2024 | up 2,324.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Mauritania | 1.75 WPIA | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 1.74 WPIA | 2019 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 15 | Egypt | 1.74 WPIA | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 16 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.74 WPIA | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 17 | Malawi | 1.71 WPIA | 2020 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 18 | Benin | 1.69 WPIA | 2021 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 1.66 WPIA | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 1.66 WPIA | 2019 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 1.65 WPIA | 2024 | up 1,513.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Gambia | 1.64 WPIA | 2020 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 23 | Senegal | 1.58 WPIA | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 24 | Cambodia | 1.55 WPIA | 2021 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 1.55 WPIA | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 26 | Mali | 1.48 WPIA | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.861 WPIA | 2022 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 0.4255 WPIA | 2023 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Chile | 0.3742 WPIA | 2022 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 29 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.3742 WPIA | 2014 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 31 | Honduras | 0.2878 WPIA | 2023 | up 359.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Peru | 0.2687 WPIA | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 33 | Mexico | 0.2231 WPIA | 2022 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.2229 WPIA | 2019 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Panama | 0.2158 WPIA | 2023 | up 114.7% | rising |
| 36 | El Salvador | 0.2121 WPIA | 2023 | up 159.0% | rising |
| 37 | Ecuador | 0.202 WPIA | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 38 | Colombia | 0.1652 WPIA | 2023 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Uruguay | 0.1075 WPIA | 2023 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Brazil | 0.1038 WPIA | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release