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Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (%) by country

Number of females of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in lower secondary school expressed as a percentage of the female population of official lower secondary school age.

Countries reporting
134
Highest
69.5%
Chad
Lowest
0.1%
Austria
Median
6.1%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,006

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (%) is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 69.5% in Chad; the lowest is 0.1% in Austria.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.1%, and the mean is 12.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,190.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Sweden (up 3,373.3%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 98.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chad 69.5% 2019 — falling
2 Niger 69.1% 2017 down 16.9% falling
3 Central African Republic 66.4% 2012 — falling
4 Guinea 59.8% 2014 down 14.7% falling
5 Mali 56.3% 2018 down 8.9% falling
6 Ethiopia 49.2% 2015 down 16.8% falling
7 Côte d'Ivoire 48.2% 2019 down 17.2% falling
8 Djibouti 47.7% 2015 down 36.5% falling
9 Mozambique 47.1% 2015 down 9.1% falling
10 Burkina Faso 44.0% 2019 down 39.8% falling
11 Tunisia 42.6% 1985 down 21.5% falling
12 Cameroon 40.4% 2016 — falling
13 Eritrea 40.3% 2018 down 2.3% falling
14 Pakistan 39.9% 2017 down 38.3% falling
15 Syrian Arab Republic 39.2% 2013 up 68.0% volatile
16 Iraq 38.1% 2007 down 37.4% falling
17 Guatemala 35.3% 2018 up 6.4% falling
18 British Virgin Islands 34.5% 2018 up 235.7% volatile
19 Yemen 34.5% 2016 down 32.4% falling
20 Burundi 31.2% 2019 down 21.2% falling
21 Honduras 30.9% 2019 down 4.7% flat
22 Jordan 29.6% 2019 up 237.8% rising
23 Bahamas 28.7% 2018 up 456.7% volatile
24 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27.8% 2019 down 2.8% falling
25 Togo 27.7% 2017 down 43.4% falling
26 Mauritania 25.5% 2019 down 52.8% falling
27 Myanmar 19.8% 2018 down 52.3% falling
28 Cayman Islands 18.2% 2018 up 10.3% falling
29 Malawi 18.1% 2019 down 14.4% falling
30 Turks and Caicos Islands 17.2% 2018 up 983.3% volatile
31 El Salvador 17.2% 2018 up 75.2% flat
32 Jamaica 17.0% 2019 up 325.1% volatile
33 Republic of Moldova 16.5% 2019 up 37.2% rising
34 Puerto Rico 15.7% 2018 up 49.0% rising
35 Paraguay 15.0% 2012 down 10.1% falling
36 Cambodia 14.1% 2015 down 80.5% volatile
37 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 13.8% 2018 up 252.8% rising
38 Indonesia 13.5% 2018 down 35.4% volatile
39 Bulgaria 13.3% 2018 up 24.5% rising
40 Lesotho 13.2% 2016 up 143.4% falling
41 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 13.2% 2017 up 191.1% volatile
42 South Africa 13.2% 2018 up 71.3% rising
43 Cape Verde 13.2% 2018 up 97.9% volatile
44 Malaysia 11.6% 2017 up 43.6% volatile
45 Panama 11.6% 2017 down 15.0% falling
46 Morocco 11.4% 2019 down 66.2% falling
47 Suriname 11.1% 2015 down 62.2% rising
48 Belize 10.8% 2019 down 17.8% rising
49 Nicaragua 10.8% 2010 down 63.3% falling
50 Saint Lucia 10.4% 2019 up 20.0% falling
51 Cuba 10.2% 2019 up 57.3% volatile
52 Armenia 9.3% 2019 up 228.9% rising
53 Romania 9.2% 2018 up 106.1% flat
54 Qatar 9.1% 2019 up 228.4% falling
55 Tajikistan 9.0% 2011 down 60.8% falling
56 Timor-Leste 8.6% 2019 down 69.1% falling
57 Mongolia 8.6% 2008 down 59.8% volatile
58 Ghana 8.2% 2019 down 58.8% volatile
59 Philippines 7.6% 2018 up 31.8% volatile
60 Montenegro 7.3% 2019 — volatile
61 Oman 7.3% 2012 down 53.9% volatile
62 Zimbabwe 7.1% 2012 down 65.7% falling
63 Sao Tome and Principe 6.8% 2015 down 54.9% volatile
64 Türkiye 6.8% 2018 up 31.2% volatile
65 Mexico 6.8% 2018 up 36.1% volatile
66 Liechtenstein 6.6% 2018 down 10.7% rising
67 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6.4% 2017 down 47.0% falling
68 Chile 5.9% 2018 up 23.7% flat
69 Bhutan 5.8% 2018 down 77.0% volatile
70 Dominican Republic 5.8% 2019 down 39.3% falling
71 Kenya 5.6% 2006 down 56.1% falling
72 Aruba 5.4% 2009 down 38.3% falling
73 Colombia 5.4% 2018 up 2.3% falling
74 Luxembourg 5.1% 2018 up 157.4% volatile
75 Slovakia 4.8% 2018 down 22.5% rising
76 Greece 4.6% 2018 down 39.3% volatile
77 Vanuatu 4.5% 2015 down 74.7% volatile
78 Tonga 4.1% 2015 down 77.0% volatile
79 Kuwait 3.8% 2015 up 136.5% volatile
80 Mauritius 3.8% 2019 down 35.1% volatile
81 Germany 3.8% 2018 up 46.6% volatile
82 Sweden 3.7% 2012 up 3,373.3% volatile
83 Peru 3.3% 2016 down 10.5% volatile
84 Ecuador 3.3% 2018 down 85.7% volatile
85 Ukraine 3.2% 2014 up 48.1% rising
86 Poland 3.2% 2018 down 52.8% rising
87 Hungary 3.2% 2018 down 6.2% rising
88 Barbados 3.1% 2019 down 68.8% falling
89 Hong Kong, China 3.0% 2014 down 46.9% volatile
90 Eswatini 2.9% 2015 down 69.5% volatile
91 Ireland 2.8% 1998 down 36.6% volatile
92 United Arab Emirates 2.8% 2016 — falling
93 Korea 2.8% 2018 — volatile
94 Australia 2.6% 2018 up 565.7% volatile
95 Kyrgyzstan 2.5% 2019 down 66.1% falling
96 Uzbekistan 2.4% 2019 down 49.2% falling
97 Cyprus 2.2% 2016 up 1,506.6% volatile
98 Serbia 2.2% 2019 up 26.4% falling
99 Italy 2.1% 2018 — volatile
100 Netherlands 2.0% 2018 down 8.3% volatile
101 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.9% 2015 up 602.6% volatile
102 Egypt 1.6% 2019 down 90.8% volatile
103 Czechia 1.6% 2018 down 81.1% volatile
104 Georgia 1.6% 2014 up 446.0% volatile
105 Namibia 1.6% 2007 down 87.3% falling
106 Macau, China 1.4% 2019 down 91.3% volatile
107 Spain 1.4% 2014 up 606.8% volatile
108 Albania 1.3% 2019 down 76.2% volatile
109 Switzerland 1.3% 2018 up 28.5% volatile
110 Slovenia 1.3% 2018 up 36.8% volatile
111 Norway 1.3% 2017 down 4.0% volatile
112 Costa Rica 1.2% 2019 down 85.7% volatile
113 Malta 1.2% 2014 — volatile
114 New Zealand 1.1% 2018 down 48.1% rising
115 Belgium 1.1% 2018 down 80.8% volatile
116 Dominica 1.0% 2015 down 82.7% volatile
117 Botswana 1.0% 2000 down 92.4% volatile
118 Croatia 0.9% 2013 down 80.5% falling
119 Denmark 0.8% 2017 down 29.4% volatile
120 France 0.8% 2018 up 3.8% volatile
121 Brunei Darussalam 0.8% 2011 — falling
122 Latvia 0.7% 2018 up 59.3% rising
123 Palestine, State of 0.6% 2019 down 94.2% falling
124 Iceland 0.5% 2017 down 83.3% falling
125 Portugal 0.4% 2017 — volatile
126 Finland 0.3% 2017 down 74.4% volatile
127 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2019 down 97.5% volatile
128 Uruguay 0.2% 2016 down 98.0% volatile
129 Bahrain 0.1% 2019 down 98.6% volatile
130 Argentina 0.1% 2016 down 85.5% volatile
131 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2018 down 98.2% volatile
132 Lithuania 0.1% 2012 down 89.6% volatile
133 Estonia 0.1% 2018 down 98.4% volatile
134 Austria 0.1% 2018 down 97.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 3,006 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of females of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in lower secondary school expressed as a percentage of the female population of official lower secondary school age.