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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (household survey data) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
47 places, 498 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release