Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, fourth quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
37
Highest
35.0%
Burkina Faso
Lowest
0.2%
Chile
Median
6.6%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
410
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, fourth quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 35.0% in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 0.2% in Chile.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.6%, and the mean is 10.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 175.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 301.0%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 95.9%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 35.0% | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 2 | Senegal | 32.0% | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 30.9% | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 4 | Mali | 30.4% | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 5 | Benin | 28.9% | 2021 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 6 | Mozambique | 23.9% | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 20.6% | 2019 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 8 | Zambia | 17.6% | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 9 | Honduras | 16.8% | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 10 | Guatemala | 13.4% | 2015 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 11 | Gambia | 12.1% | 2020 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 11.1% | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 13 | Nigeria | 9.6% | 2021 | up 157.6% | falling |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 9.1% | 2019 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 15 | Cameroon | 8.6% | 2018 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 16 | Lesotho | 7.9% | 2023 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 17 | Malawi | 7.7% | 2020 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.2% | 2020 | up 89.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.6% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 20 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3.9% | 2014 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 21 | Mexico | 3.8% | 2022 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 21 | El Salvador | 3.8% | 2023 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 23 | Nepal | 3.4% | 2022 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.3% | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 25 | Ghana | 2.8% | 2022 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Egypt | 2.5% | 2022 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 27 | Paraguay | 2.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 2.2% | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 2.0% | 2024 | up 301.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 1.9% | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Jordan | 1.9% | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 32 | Ecuador | 1.6% | 2023 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Peru | 1.1% | 2023 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 34 | Uruguay | 0.9% | 2023 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Panama | 0.7% | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Brazil | 0.2% | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Chile | 0.2% | 2022 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release