Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
162
Highest
83.1%
Cape Verde
Lowest
0.0%
Türkiye
Median
7.5%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
3,518
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male (%) is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 83.1% in Cape Verde; the lowest is 0.0% in Türkiye.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.5%, and the mean is 15.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,051.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 3,464.0%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 98.0%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Verde | 83.1% | 2022 | up 586.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Niger | 79.8% | 2024 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 3 | Algeria | 77.4% | 2025 | up 2,165.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Senegal | 68.9% | 2024 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 5 | Tokelau | 64.0% | 2025 | up 215.3% | rising |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 63.0% | 2024 | up 42.1% | falling |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 55.4% | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 8 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 54.1% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 54.0% | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Chad | 53.8% | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 11 | Mali | 53.1% | 2018 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 50.8% | 2012 | — | falling |
| 13 | Suriname | 47.1% | 2024 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 14 | Honduras | 46.0% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 15 | Liberia | 45.6% | 2022 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 16 | Cameroon | 45.3% | 2023 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea | 43.4% | 2014 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 18 | Madagascar | 40.4% | 2024 | up 39.7% | flat |
| 19 | Burundi | 39.2% | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 36.6% | 2025 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 21 | Lesotho | 35.9% | 2024 | up 99.2% | falling |
| 22 | Yemen | 35.1% | 2016 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 23 | Lebanon | 34.4% | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 34.1% | 2024 | up 74.8% | falling |
| 25 | Mauritania | 33.6% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32.1% | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 27 | Eritrea | 32.0% | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 28 | Guatemala | 31.4% | 2024 | up 39.6% | falling |
| 29 | Comoros | 31.2% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 30 | Papua New Guinea | 29.7% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 31 | Kuwait | 29.3% | 2021 | up 448.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Malawi | 27.7% | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 33 | Togo | 26.0% | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 34 | Guyana | 25.3% | 2023 | up 865.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 24.8% | 2023 | up 1,282.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Gambia | 24.1% | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 37 | Mozambique | 24.0% | 2022 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 38 | Iraq | 23.7% | 2007 | down 43.1% | rising |
| 39 | El Salvador | 23.7% | 2024 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 40 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 23.2% | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 41 | Jamaica | 21.3% | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 42 | Panama | 21.1% | 2023 | up 154.5% | falling |
| 43 | Tunisia | 20.6% | 1985 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 44 | Angola | 20.6% | 2023 | up 194.9% | rising |
| 45 | Malaysia | 20.4% | 2024 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 46 | Cambodia | 20.1% | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 19.0% | 2017 | up 78.7% | falling |
| 48 | Bhutan | 17.7% | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 49 | Saint Lucia | 17.4% | 2024 | up 78.8% | falling |
| 50 | British Virgin Islands | 17.3% | 2024 | up 464.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Tuvalu | 17.2% | 2020 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | 17.1% | 2024 | up 171.0% | rising |
| 53 | Bahamas | 16.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Romania | 16.1% | 2023 | up 139.1% | rising |
| 55 | Timor-Leste | 16.1% | 2020 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 56 | Paraguay | 15.8% | 2024 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 15.4% | 2023 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 58 | India | 15.0% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 59 | Ecuador | 14.6% | 2023 | up 290.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Mauritius | 14.3% | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 14.2% | 2024 | up 163.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Philippines | 13.8% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 63 | Myanmar | 13.6% | 2018 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 12.4% | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 11.4% | 2024 | up 1,042.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Ukraine | 10.9% | 2024 | up 370.2% | volatile |
| 67 | South Africa | 10.4% | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 68 | Mexico | 10.4% | 2024 | up 218.7% | falling |
| 69 | Maldives | 10.1% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 70 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.8% | 2015 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 71 | Oman | 9.6% | 2024 | up 325.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Botswana | 9.5% | 2022 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Tonga | 9.1% | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Macau, China | 8.4% | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 75 | Rwanda | 8.0% | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.9% | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 77 | Mongolia | 7.9% | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Belize | 7.8% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 79 | Indonesia | 7.8% | 2023 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.7% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 7.5% | 2024 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 7.5% | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 83 | Cuba | 7.4% | 2024 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Andorra | 7.4% | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 7.4% | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 86 | Qatar | 7.1% | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Egypt | 7.1% | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 88 | Palestine, State of | 6.7% | 2023 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 6.7% | 2024 | up 414.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 6.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 91 | San Marino | 6.1% | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 92 | Eswatini | 6.0% | 2022 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Libya | 5.9% | 1983 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 94 | Kiribati | 5.7% | 2024 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 95 | Namibia | 5.5% | 2018 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 96 | Colombia | 5.1% | 2022 | up 67.5% | falling |
| 97 | Naoero | 5.0% | 2025 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Belarus | 4.5% | 2024 | up 678.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Poland | 4.5% | 2020 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 100 | Nepal | 4.3% | 2024 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 101 | Cayman Islands | 4.1% | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Hong Kong, China | 4.1% | 2021 | up 134.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.7% | 2025 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 104 | Bahrain | 3.5% | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Fiji | 3.4% | 2016 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Cook Islands | 3.3% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Kenya | 3.2% | 2006 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Latvia | 3.1% | 2024 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 109 | Hungary | 3.1% | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 110 | United Arab Emirates | 3.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Ghana | 3.0% | 2024 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Brazil | 3.0% | 2024 | down 40.7% | flat |
| 113 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.0% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 2.9% | 2025 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.8% | 2021 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 116 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.8% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 117 | Korea | 2.8% | 2024 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 118 | Cyprus | 2.6% | 2017 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 119 | Russian Federation | 2.6% | 2019 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 120 | Estonia | 2.5% | 2024 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 121 | Dominica | 2.5% | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 2.5% | 2025 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 123 | New Zealand | 2.4% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 124 | Samoa | 2.3% | 2014 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Serbia | 2.3% | 2024 | up 370.7% | rising |
| 126 | Armenia | 2.2% | 2024 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 127 | Morocco | 2.2% | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Albania | 2.2% | 2023 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Luxembourg | 2.1% | 2024 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Israel | 2.0% | 2024 | up 3,464.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Australia | 1.9% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 132 | Thailand | 1.9% | 2025 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Italy | 1.9% | 2023 | up 224.5% | rising |
| 134 | Malta | 1.8% | 2023 | up 344.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Grenada | 1.8% | 2014 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Spain | 1.7% | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 137 | Peru | 1.7% | 2021 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Uruguay | 1.7% | 2023 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Barbados | 1.5% | 2024 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Liechtenstein | 1.5% | 2021 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Belgium | 1.4% | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Slovenia | 1.4% | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 143 | Iceland | 1.4% | 2023 | up 80.9% | rising |
| 144 | Slovakia | 1.4% | 2024 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Finland | 1.3% | 2024 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 146 | Viet Nam | 1.3% | 2023 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 147 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.2% | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Austria | 1.2% | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 149 | Denmark | 1.1% | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Jordan | 1.1% | 2024 | down 87.2% | falling |
| 151 | Greece | 1.0% | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Lithuania | 0.9% | 2015 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 153 | Germany | 0.9% | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 154 | Netherlands | 0.8% | 2023 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Norway | 0.7% | 2024 | up 510.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Sweden | 0.4% | 2024 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Czechia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 158 | France | 0.3% | 2022 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Montenegro | 0.2% | 2021 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Switzerland | 0.2% | 2024 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Chile | 0.1% | 2022 | down 97.1% | falling |
| 162 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2023 | down 98.0% | 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 40.6%
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 39.9%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 34.8%
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 34.6%
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 34.3%
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 33.8%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 28.4%
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 26.8%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 26.4%
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 23.3%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 22.4%
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 17.7%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 17.5%
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 16.9%
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 16.0%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 15.7%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 15.0%
- SDG: World 14.5%
- SDG: Northern Africa 14.2%
- SDG: Southern Asia 13.9%
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 13.8%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 13.1%
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 13.1%
- SDG: Western Asia 12.1%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 12.0%
- SDG: Oceania 8.8%
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 7.9%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 7.9%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 7.4%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 7.2%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 6.5%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 6.4%
- SDG: Northern America 3.2%
- SDG: Central Asia 2.2%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 2.0%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 2.0%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.5%
- SDG: Europe 1.5%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 0.5%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release