Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
162
Highest
79.7%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Switzerland
Median
7.1%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
3,530
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (%) is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 79.7% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Switzerland.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.1%, and the mean is 14.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,295.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Solomon Islands (up 5,498.1%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 98.3%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 79.7% | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 2 | Algeria | 77.7% | 2025 | up 1,347.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 69.6% | 2012 | — | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 63.5% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 5 | Guinea | 59.8% | 2014 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 6 | Mali | 59.5% | 2018 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 7 | Tokelau | 59.0% | 2025 | up 191.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Senegal | 58.5% | 2024 | up 50.3% | flat |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 55.5% | 2024 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 54.2% | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 11 | Cameroon | 49.0% | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 12 | Syrian Arab Republic | 48.5% | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 13 | Cape Verde | 48.2% | 2022 | up 469.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 47.8% | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 15 | Yemen | 44.5% | 2016 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 16 | Liberia | 43.3% | 2022 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 17 | Iraq | 42.9% | 2007 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 18 | Honduras | 42.6% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 19 | Eritrea | 42.2% | 2022 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 20 | Tunisia | 40.7% | 1985 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 37.1% | 2024 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 22 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 35.9% | 2025 | up 66.6% | falling |
| 23 | Burundi | 35.0% | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Guatemala | 33.4% | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 33.0% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 26 | Mozambique | 32.0% | 2022 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 27 | Suriname | 31.9% | 2024 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 28 | Lebanon | 30.5% | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 29.4% | 2024 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 30 | Lesotho | 28.7% | 2024 | up 205.7% | rising |
| 31 | Togo | 28.2% | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 32 | Guyana | 28.0% | 2023 | up 1,468.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Mauritania | 27.0% | 2024 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 34 | Comoros | 25.2% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 35 | Angola | 23.3% | 2023 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 36 | Libya | 23.0% | 1983 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 37 | Malawi | 23.0% | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 38 | Solomon Islands | 22.1% | 2023 | up 5,498.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 21.6% | 2024 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 20.8% | 2023 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 41 | Jamaica | 20.1% | 2023 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 42 | El Salvador | 19.9% | 2024 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 43 | Panama | 19.7% | 2023 | up 204.2% | falling |
| 44 | British Virgin Islands | 18.6% | 2024 | up 242.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Romania | 16.4% | 2023 | up 124.3% | rising |
| 46 | Tuvalu | 16.4% | 2020 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 47 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 16.3% | 2017 | up 176.4% | falling |
| 48 | Malaysia | 15.3% | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Kuwait | 15.1% | 2021 | up 389.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Puerto Rico | 15.1% | 2024 | up 254.6% | rising |
| 51 | Cambodia | 15.0% | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Paraguay | 15.0% | 2024 | up 64.1% | falling |
| 53 | Bahamas | 14.9% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 54 | India | 12.9% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 12.8% | 2024 | up 658.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Ecuador | 12.6% | 2023 | up 269.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Philippines | 12.4% | 2024 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 58 | Dominica | 12.2% | 2023 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 11.7% | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 60 | Mauritius | 11.6% | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Timor-Leste | 10.8% | 2020 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 62 | Ukraine | 10.0% | 2024 | up 683.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Oman | 8.9% | 2024 | up 391.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Albania | 8.8% | 2023 | up 44.4% | falling |
| 65 | South Africa | 8.8% | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 66 | Botswana | 8.8% | 2022 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 8.8% | 2024 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 68 | Maldives | 8.7% | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Eswatini | 8.5% | 2022 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.5% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 71 | Macau, China | 8.3% | 2024 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 8.2% | 2024 | up 160.8% | falling |
| 73 | Cuba | 8.0% | 2024 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Mexico | 7.8% | 2024 | up 191.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 7.7% | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 76 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.6% | 2015 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 7.5% | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Myanmar | 7.4% | 2018 | down 80.7% | falling |
| 79 | Andorra | 7.4% | 2024 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 80 | Ghana | 7.4% | 2024 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.2% | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 7.0% | 2024 | up 164.3% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 6.9% | 2024 | up 254.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Hong Kong, China | 6.7% | 2021 | up 70.6% | falling |
| 85 | Kiribati | 6.6% | 2024 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Belize | 6.4% | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 87 | Egypt | 6.2% | 2024 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 6.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Qatar | 5.9% | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 90 | San Marino | 5.9% | 2024 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 5.7% | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 92 | Grenada | 5.6% | 2014 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Cook Islands | 5.6% | 2015 | — | rising |
| 94 | Kenya | 5.6% | 2006 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 95 | Palestine, State of | 5.3% | 2023 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 96 | Fiji | 5.0% | 2016 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Viet Nam | 4.9% | 2023 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 98 | Mongolia | 4.8% | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Nepal | 4.8% | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Tonga | 4.5% | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Liechtenstein | 4.5% | 2021 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 4.5% | 2025 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 103 | Poland | 4.4% | 2020 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 104 | Belarus | 4.4% | 2024 | up 3,277.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Armenia | 4.3% | 2024 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 106 | Gambia | 4.2% | 2025 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Brazil | 4.1% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 108 | Rwanda | 3.7% | 2024 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Colombia | 3.7% | 2022 | up 78.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Hungary | 3.0% | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Korea | 3.0% | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Barbados | 3.0% | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 113 | Jordan | 2.9% | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Estonia | 2.7% | 2024 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 115 | Samoa | 2.6% | 2014 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Uzbekistan | 2.6% | 2025 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 117 | Latvia | 2.5% | 2024 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 118 | Cayman Islands | 2.5% | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Morocco | 2.4% | 2024 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Israel | 2.3% | 2024 | up 183.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Namibia | 2.3% | 2018 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 122 | New Zealand | 2.3% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 123 | Indonesia | 2.2% | 2023 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Italy | 2.0% | 2023 | up 221.2% | rising |
| 125 | Malta | 1.9% | 2023 | up 201.3% | rising |
| 126 | Spain | 1.9% | 2024 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.9% | 2025 | down 82.5% | falling |
| 128 | Bahrain | 1.8% | 2024 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Australia | 1.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Iceland | 1.8% | 2023 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 131 | Türkiye | 1.8% | 2023 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Bhutan | 1.7% | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Belgium | 1.6% | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 134 | Sierra Leone | 1.5% | 2023 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Chile | 1.5% | 2022 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 136 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.4% | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Russian Federation | 1.4% | 2019 | down 77.3% | falling |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.3% | 2021 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Uruguay | 1.3% | 2023 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Slovakia | 1.3% | 2024 | down 63.8% | rising |
| 141 | Luxembourg | 1.3% | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Slovenia | 1.3% | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 143 | Austria | 1.3% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 144 | Finland | 1.3% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 145 | Peru | 1.1% | 2021 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Denmark | 1.1% | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Norway | 1.0% | 2024 | up 289.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Greece | 1.0% | 2023 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 149 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.7% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Netherlands | 0.5% | 2023 | up 472.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Czechia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 289.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Sweden | 0.4% | 2024 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Naoero | 0.3% | 2025 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Cyprus | 0.3% | 2017 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Montenegro | 0.3% | 2021 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 2015 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Germany | 0.2% | 2023 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 160 | France | 0.1% | 2022 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2025 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 96.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 44.8%
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 43.6%
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 38.6%
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 35.7%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 34.9%
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 33.8%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 33.4%
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 30.4%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 30.1%
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 24.8%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 24.3%
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 23.6%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 16.5%
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 16.2%
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 16.0%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 15.9%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 15.4%
- SDG: Southern Asia 14.8%
- SDG: World 14.7%
- SDG: Northern Africa 14.6%
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 14.2%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 14.0%
- SDG: Western Asia 13.8%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 11.3%
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 10.0%
- SDG: Oceania 8.9%
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 7.8%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 7.4%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 6.1%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 5.5%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 5.3%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 5.2%
- SDG: Northern America 3.0%
- SDG: Central Asia 2.9%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 2.3%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 1.8%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 1.8%
- SDG: Europe 1.4%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 0.3%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release