Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (modelled data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
205
Highest
74.7%
Afghanistan
Lowest
0.0%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Median
5.9%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
5,356
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (modelled data) (%) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 74.7% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0.0% in Sint Maarten (Dutch part).
The median across all reporting countries is 5.9%, and the mean is 13.6%.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 2,725.0%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 74.7% | 2025 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 2 | Niger | 70.6% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 65.5% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 4 | Mali | 55.1% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 54.9% | 2025 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 6 | Chad | 54.5% | 2025 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 54.2% | 2025 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 8 | Liberia | 53.3% | 2025 | up 132.8% | rising |
| 9 | South Sudan | 53.2% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 49.9% | 2025 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 11 | Djibouti | 48.8% | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 12 | Madagascar | 47.9% | 2025 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 13 | Mozambique | 47.6% | 2025 | up 32.2% | falling |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 46.8% | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 15 | Cameroon | 44.5% | 2025 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 16 | Libya | 44.3% | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 17 | Tokelau | 44.0% | 2025 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 18 | Guinea | 43.9% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 19 | Burundi | 43.5% | 2025 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan | 43.4% | 2025 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 21 | Honduras | 42.1% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 22 | Benin | 38.7% | 2025 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 23 | Gabon | 38.6% | 2025 | up 107.5% | rising |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 37.6% | 2025 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 24 | Papua New Guinea | 37.6% | 2025 | up 112.4% | rising |
| 26 | Comoros | 37.3% | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 27 | Eritrea | 36.8% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 28 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 36.1% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 29 | Lesotho | 35.3% | 2025 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 35.1% | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 31 | Mauritania | 34.3% | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 32 | Congo | 34.1% | 2025 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 33 | Senegal | 33.5% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 34 | Lebanon | 33.4% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 35 | Suriname | 33.1% | 2025 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 36 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 32.7% | 2025 | up 61.9% | flat |
| 37 | Yemen | 31.3% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 38 | Guatemala | 31.2% | 2025 | up 16.9% | flat |
| 39 | Angola | 31.1% | 2025 | up 44.7% | falling |
| 40 | Uganda | 30.7% | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 41 | Guyana | 30.5% | 2025 | up 169.9% | falling |
| 42 | El Salvador | 26.7% | 2025 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 43 | Malawi | 26.5% | 2025 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 44 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 26.3% | 2025 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 45 | Nigeria | 22.9% | 2025 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 46 | Solomon Islands | 22.8% | 2025 | up 356.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.1% | 2025 | up 112.5% | rising |
| 48 | Bahamas | 21.9% | 2025 | up 114.7% | rising |
| 49 | British Virgin Islands | 21.8% | 2025 | up 275.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Togo | 20.5% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 51 | Paraguay | 19.9% | 2025 | up 176.4% | rising |
| 52 | Jamaica | 19.5% | 2025 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 53 | Cambodia | 19.2% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 18.5% | 2025 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 55 | Pakistan | 18.4% | 2025 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 56 | Romania | 18.0% | 2025 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 57 | Macau, China | 17.4% | 2025 | up 48.7% | falling |
| 58 | Zambia | 17.0% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 59 | Malaysia | 16.7% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 60 | Gambia | 16.3% | 2025 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 61 | Montserrat | 16.0% | 2025 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 62 | Oman | 14.6% | 2025 | up 403.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Ghana | 14.4% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 13.5% | 2025 | up 214.0% | falling |
| 64 | Iraq | 13.5% | 2025 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 66 | Myanmar | 12.8% | 2025 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 67 | San Marino | 12.6% | 2025 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 68 | India | 12.4% | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 69 | Panama | 12.2% | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 70 | Nicaragua | 11.7% | 2025 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 71 | Bhutan | 11.6% | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Kenya | 11.5% | 2025 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 11.4% | 2025 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 74 | Kiribati | 11.3% | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 74 | Singapore | 11.3% | 2025 | up 2,725.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Timor-Leste | 11.2% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 77 | Barbados | 10.8% | 2025 | up 1,250.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Philippines | 10.8% | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 79 | Grenada | 10.2% | 2025 | up 155.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Tunisia | 9.6% | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 81 | Botswana | 9.5% | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 81 | Vanuatu | 9.5% | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9.2% | 2025 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 84 | Mexico | 9.1% | 2025 | up 54.2% | falling |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 8.7% | 2025 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 86 | Mauritius | 8.1% | 2025 | up 47.3% | falling |
| 86 | Naoero | 8.1% | 2025 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 88 | Rwanda | 8.0% | 2025 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 89 | Haiti | 7.8% | 2025 | up 90.2% | falling |
| 90 | Egypt | 7.6% | 2025 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 7.3% | 2025 | down 77.9% | falling |
| 92 | South Africa | 7.2% | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 93 | Palestine, State of | 7.1% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 6.8% | 2025 | up 172.0% | rising |
| 94 | Tuvalu | 6.8% | 2025 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 96 | China | 6.7% | 2025 | up 97.1% | falling |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 6.5% | 2025 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 97 | Maldives | 6.5% | 2025 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 99 | Albania | 6.4% | 2025 | up 88.2% | falling |
| 100 | Belize | 6.0% | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 6.0% | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 100 | Tonga | 6.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 103 | Curaçao | 5.9% | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 104 | Ecuador | 5.8% | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Andorra | 5.7% | 2025 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 106 | Bermuda | 5.6% | 2025 | down 60.3% | rising |
| 107 | Anguilla | 5.5% | 2025 | up 223.5% | volatile |
| 108 | North Macedonia | 5.4% | 2025 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 109 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.3% | 2025 | down 43.0% | rising |
| 109 | Dominica | 5.3% | 2025 | up 130.4% | falling |
| 111 | Armenia | 5.2% | 2025 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 111 | Cape Verde | 5.2% | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 113 | Mongolia | 5.1% | 2025 | up 82.1% | falling |
| 113 | Qatar | 5.1% | 2025 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 115 | Jordan | 4.8% | 2025 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Cuba | 4.6% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 4.6% | 2025 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 118 | Hong Kong, China | 4.5% | 2025 | up 462.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Eswatini | 4.3% | 2025 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Viet Nam | 4.2% | 2025 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Colombia | 4.0% | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 122 | Belarus | 3.8% | 2025 | up 850.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Malta | 3.8% | 2025 | up 660.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 3.7% | 2025 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Cayman Islands | 3.6% | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 125 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.6% | 2025 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Hungary | 3.5% | 2025 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Niue | 3.5% | 2025 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Algeria | 3.3% | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Indonesia | 3.3% | 2025 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Kazakhstan | 3.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.2% | 2025 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 132 | United States of America | 3.2% | 2025 | up 113.3% | rising |
| 134 | Nepal | 3.1% | 2025 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Thailand | 3.0% | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Samoa | 3.0% | 2025 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 137 | Costa Rica | 2.9% | 2025 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 138 | Morocco | 2.8% | 2025 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.6% | 2025 | down 70.1% | falling |
| 140 | Palau | 2.5% | 2025 | down 90.5% | falling |
| 141 | Greece | 2.4% | 2025 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Canada | 2.2% | 2025 | up 266.7% | falling |
| 142 | Spain | 2.2% | 2025 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 142 | Slovakia | 2.2% | 2025 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 145 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2.1% | 2025 | down 81.6% | falling |
| 146 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.0% | 2025 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 146 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 2.0% | 2025 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Italy | 1.9% | 2025 | up 375.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Israel | 1.8% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 150 | Estonia | 1.7% | 2025 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Marshall Islands | 1.7% | 2025 | down 84.4% | falling |
| 152 | Germany | 1.5% | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 152 | Finland | 1.5% | 2025 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 152 | Monaco | 1.5% | 2025 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Iceland | 1.4% | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 155 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.4% | 2025 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 1.3% | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 157 | Ukraine | 1.3% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 157 | Uruguay | 1.3% | 2025 | down 74.0% | falling |
| 160 | Namibia | 1.2% | 2025 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Norway | 1.2% | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 160 | Serbia | 1.2% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 163 | Belgium | 1.1% | 2025 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 164 | Austria | 1.0% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 164 | Liechtenstein | 1.0% | 2025 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.0% | 2025 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Bahrain | 0.9% | 2025 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Fiji | 0.9% | 2025 | down 83.0% | falling |
| 169 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.8% | 2025 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 169 | Denmark | 0.8% | 2025 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 169 | Korea | 0.8% | 2025 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 169 | New Zealand | 0.8% | 2025 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Peru | 0.8% | 2025 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Slovenia | 0.8% | 2025 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 175 | Seychelles | 0.7% | 2025 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Argentina | 0.6% | 2025 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Switzerland | 0.6% | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 176 | Uzbekistan | 0.6% | 2025 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Cook Islands | 0.6% | 2025 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Czechia | 0.5% | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 180 | Latvia | 0.5% | 2025 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 182 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4% | 2025 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Chile | 0.4% | 2025 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 182 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.4% | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Sweden | 0.4% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 182 | Türkiye | 0.4% | 2025 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 187 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.3% | 2025 | down 57.1% | rising |
| 187 | Poland | 0.3% | 2025 | down 90.3% | falling |
| 189 | Aruba | 0.2% | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Australia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Brazil | 0.2% | 2025 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Cyprus | 0.2% | 2025 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Netherlands | 0.2% | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Russian Federation | 0.2% | 2025 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 195 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.1% | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 195 | France | 0.1% | 2025 | down 94.1% | falling |
| 195 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2025 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1% | 2025 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 195 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Portugal | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release