Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
47
Highest
47.3%
Mali
Lowest
0.4%
Armenia
Median
8.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
498
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 47.3% in Mali; the lowest is 0.4% in Armenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.0%, and the mean is 13.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 121.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 350.0%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 79.2%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 47.3% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 2 | Benin | 42.9% | 2021 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 38.2% | 2022 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 4 | Senegal | 36.1% | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 5 | Mozambique | 32.5% | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 6 | Cambodia | 32.1% | 2020 | up 38.4% | falling |
| 7 | Zambia | 27.4% | 2023 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 27.3% | 2022 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 9 | Guatemala | 25.7% | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 10 | Nigeria | 25.4% | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 23.8% | 2019 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 12 | Honduras | 22.2% | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 13 | Gambia | 21.8% | 2023 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 14 | Uganda | 20.8% | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 15 | Togo | 20.6% | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 16 | Cameroon | 20.3% | 2018 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 17 | Rwanda | 12.2% | 2020 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 12.1% | 2019 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 19 | Lesotho | 11.5% | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 20 | Malawi | 11.0% | 2020 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 21 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 10.4% | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 9.6% | 2022 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 23 | Ghana | 9.3% | 2024 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 24 | Mexico | 8.0% | 2024 | up 47.6% | falling |
| 25 | Colombia | 6.4% | 2024 | up 48.5% | falling |
| 26 | Kenya | 5.9% | 2024 | up 50.3% | falling |
| 27 | El Salvador | 5.5% | 2023 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 28 | Nepal | 5.2% | 2022 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Jordan | 5.0% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 30 | Egypt | 4.4% | 2022 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 4.2% | 2014 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 32 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.0% | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Ecuador | 3.9% | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 34 | South Africa | 3.5% | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 35 | Paraguay | 3.1% | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.7% | 2023 | up 33.1% | falling |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 2.3% | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 38 | United States of America | 2.1% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 39 | Panama | 2.0% | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Russian Federation | 1.4% | 2022 | up 163.5% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 1.3% | 2023 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 1.3% | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Chile | 0.9% | 2022 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Uruguay | 0.7% | 2024 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Brazil | 0.7% | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 2022 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Armenia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 64.5% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release