Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
48
Highest
44.8%
Mali
Lowest
0.6%
Armenia
Median
7.6%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
503

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 44.8% in Mali; the lowest is 0.6% in Armenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.6%, and the mean is 13.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 80.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Russian Federation (up 240.8%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 81.8%).

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 44.8% 2024 down 14.5% falling
2 Senegal 40.4% 2023 up 2.7% falling
3 Benin 39.5% 2021 up 16.5% falling
4 Côte d'Ivoire 35.5% 2022 down 7.3% falling
5 Cambodia 33.1% 2020 up 57.4% falling
6 Mozambique 32.3% 2022 down 2.9% flat
7 Gambia 30.0% 2023 down 12.3% falling
8 Ethiopia 29.4% 2022 down 0.5% falling
9 Zambia 28.4% 2023 up 36.3% falling
10 Zimbabwe 25.7% 2019 up 35.7% rising
11 Nigeria 25.6% 2024 down 7.9% falling
12 Guatemala 25.6% 2024 down 11.0% falling
13 Honduras 24.0% 2024 down 8.8% rising
14 Uganda 19.2% 2023 up 9.6% rising
15 Cameroon 17.4% 2018 down 15.0% falling
16 Lesotho 17.3% 2023 down 1.3% falling
17 Togo 17.0% 2021 down 20.6% falling
18 Sierra Leone 14.1% 2019 down 55.1% falling
19 Bangladesh 13.8% 2022 down 28.0% falling
20 Rwanda 12.5% 2020 down 30.4% volatile
21 Malawi 11.0% 2020 down 31.0% falling
22 Ghana 9.6% 2024 down 53.3% falling
23 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9.4% 2024 down 16.4% falling
24 Mexico 8.3% 2024 up 45.0% falling
25 Colombia 6.9% 2024 up 40.5% falling
26 China 6.7% 2020 up 36.8% flat
27 El Salvador 6.6% 2023 down 48.8% falling
28 Jordan 6.0% 2023 up 4.5% rising
29 Kenya 5.6% 2024 up 53.7% falling
30 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.4% 2014 down 6.9% falling
31 Nepal 4.9% 2022 down 36.2% falling
32 South Africa 4.2% 2024 down 3.4% falling
33 Ecuador 3.9% 2024 down 3.1% volatile
34 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.8% 2024 down 26.1% volatile
35 Egypt 3.6% 2022 down 65.4% falling
36 Paraguay 3.1% 2024 down 38.6% falling
37 Costa Rica 3.0% 2024 up 8.8% volatile
38 Dominican Republic 2.7% 2024 down 26.7% volatile
39 Kyrgyzstan 2.6% 2023 up 32.5% falling
40 United States of America 2.0% 2024 up 9.0% rising
41 Panama 1.9% 2023 down 52.5% falling
42 Russian Federation 1.7% 2022 up 240.8% rising
43 Peru 1.3% 2023 down 59.4% falling
44 Mongolia 1.0% 2022 down 70.7% falling
45 Chile 0.8% 2022 up 100.0% volatile
46 Uruguay 0.8% 2024 down 81.8% volatile
47 Brazil 0.8% 2024 down 58.1% volatile
48 Armenia 0.6% 2023 down 30.5% falling

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (household survey data) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
48 places, 503 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release