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

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

Countries reporting
134
Highest
61.0%
Niger
Lowest
0.1%
Azerbaijan
Median
6.3%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,994

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male (%) is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 61.0% in Niger; the lowest is 0.1% in Azerbaijan.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.3%, and the mean is 12.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 957.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 3,212.9%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 99.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 61.0% 2017 down 17.3% falling
2 Chad 54.9% 2019 — falling
3 Mali 49.4% 2018 up 11.2% falling
4 Burkina Faso 48.2% 2019 down 26.8% falling
5 Djibouti 47.6% 2015 down 25.2% falling
6 Central African Republic 45.4% 2012 — falling
7 Ethiopia 44.9% 2015 up 18.0% falling
8 Honduras 44.0% 2019 up 25.0% rising
9 Guinea 42.8% 2014 down 11.4% falling
10 Côte d'Ivoire 40.7% 2019 down 4.5% flat
11 Mozambique 39.1% 2015 up 16.3% falling
12 Syrian Arab Republic 37.1% 2013 up 110.3% volatile
13 Burundi 36.2% 2019 up 13.4% falling
14 Cameroon 33.1% 2016 — falling
15 Eritrea 32.0% 2018 up 38.3% falling
16 Mauritania 30.8% 2019 down 42.8% falling
17 Pakistan 30.7% 2017 down 42.6% falling
18 Guatemala 30.3% 2018 up 24.1% falling
19 Bahamas 30.3% 2018 up 445.5% volatile
20 Jordan 29.4% 2019 up 157.3% rising
21 British Virgin Islands 28.3% 2018 up 416.6% volatile
22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27.4% 2019 up 41.5% flat
23 Puerto Rico 23.1% 2018 up 77.6% rising
24 Yemen 22.6% 2016 down 17.7% rising
25 Myanmar 22.1% 2018 down 46.9% falling
26 Turks and Caicos Islands 21.8% 2018 up 102.3% rising
27 Lesotho 21.5% 2016 up 46.5% falling
28 Cayman Islands 21.0% 2018 up 69.0% falling
29 Tunisia 19.0% 1985 down 18.0% falling
30 Malawi 19.0% 2019 up 0.2% rising
31 Indonesia 19.0% 2018 down 10.9% falling
32 Iraq 18.7% 2007 down 53.9% rising
33 Jamaica 18.7% 2019 up 166.1% rising
34 Suriname 18.6% 2015 down 39.2% rising
35 Bhutan 18.0% 2018 down 32.5% falling
36 El Salvador 16.8% 2018 up 133.2% rising
37 South Africa 15.5% 2018 up 60.3% rising
38 Togo 15.3% 2017 down 40.9% falling
39 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 14.9% 2017 up 85.6% falling
40 Republic of Moldova 14.6% 2019 up 28.9% rising
41 Malaysia 14.6% 2017 up 48.9% volatile
42 Cape Verde 13.8% 2018 up 73.4% volatile
43 Nicaragua 13.7% 2010 down 63.6% falling
44 Philippines 13.5% 2018 up 62.7% volatile
45 Mongolia 13.3% 2008 down 63.0% falling
46 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 13.2% 2018 up 289.3% volatile
47 Ghana 12.9% 2019 down 32.0% falling
48 Panama 12.7% 2017 down 11.0% falling
49 Cambodia 12.5% 2015 down 82.2% volatile
50 Bulgaria 12.4% 2018 up 45.9% volatile
51 Sao Tome and Principe 12.3% 2015 up 1.7% falling
52 Timor-Leste 11.8% 2019 down 55.5% falling
53 Armenia 11.1% 2019 up 733.3% rising
54 Cuba 10.2% 2019 up 45.0% volatile
55 Oman 9.5% 2012 down 31.9% volatile
56 Aruba 9.4% 2009 up 47.0% volatile
57 Belize 9.3% 2019 down 25.9% rising
58 Saint Lucia 9.0% 2019 up 4.3% volatile
59 Mexico 8.8% 2018 up 51.3% falling
60 Romania 8.7% 2018 up 98.7% falling
61 Kuwait 8.5% 2015 up 71.6% volatile
62 Namibia 8.3% 2007 down 50.4% falling
63 Montenegro 8.1% 2019 — rising
64 Morocco 7.5% 2019 down 66.7% falling
65 Bahrain 7.0% 2019 down 30.8% flat
66 Barbados 6.9% 2019 down 25.3% volatile
67 Colombia 6.4% 2018 down 19.9% falling
68 Ecuador 6.2% 2018 down 71.8% falling
69 Albania 5.7% 2019 up 8.9% falling
70 Tonga 5.7% 2015 down 71.1% volatile
71 Türkiye 5.7% 2018 up 683.1% volatile
72 Mauritius 5.7% 2019 down 32.3% volatile
73 Germany 5.5% 2018 up 132.8% volatile
74 Dominican Republic 5.5% 2019 down 33.8% volatile
75 Botswana 5.3% 2000 down 76.7% falling
76 Paraguay 5.2% 2012 down 63.6% falling
77 Ireland 4.8% 1998 down 16.1% rising
78 Chile 4.7% 2018 up 19.6% falling
79 Sweden 4.6% 2012 up 469.1% volatile
80 Slovakia 4.5% 2018 down 24.6% rising
81 Palestine, State of 4.5% 2019 down 63.7% falling
82 Ukraine 4.0% 2014 up 57.5% rising
83 Luxembourg 3.6% 2018 down 15.2% volatile
84 Peru 3.5% 2016 down 29.8% volatile
85 Kenya 3.4% 2006 down 77.3% volatile
86 Greece 3.3% 2018 down 3.0% volatile
87 Hong Kong, China 3.3% 2014 down 46.2% volatile
88 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.2% 2017 down 60.2% falling
89 Hungary 3.1% 2018 up 5.7% rising
90 Egypt 3.1% 2019 down 76.7% volatile
91 Netherlands 3.1% 2018 up 16.0% volatile
92 Macau, China 3.0% 2019 down 79.3% rising
93 Dominica 2.9% 2015 down 62.4% volatile
94 Tajikistan 2.8% 2011 down 78.3% volatile
95 Korea 2.7% 2018 — volatile
96 Croatia 2.7% 2013 down 38.7% falling
97 Eswatini 2.6% 2015 down 43.4% volatile
98 Costa Rica 2.6% 2019 down 68.2% volatile
99 Vanuatu 2.4% 2015 down 67.0% volatile
100 Cyprus 2.4% 2016 up 3,212.9% volatile
101 Australia 2.3% 2018 up 179.0% rising
102 Zimbabwe 2.3% 2012 down 82.2% volatile
103 Estonia 2.3% 2018 down 53.0% falling
104 Italy 2.0% 2018 — volatile
105 Serbia 2.0% 2019 up 43.3% falling
106 Malta 1.9% 2014 — volatile
107 Slovenia 1.9% 2018 up 113.5% volatile
108 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.8% 2015 down 23.3% volatile
109 United Arab Emirates 1.7% 2016 — volatile
110 Kyrgyzstan 1.7% 2019 down 76.5% falling
111 Liechtenstein 1.4% 2018 down 57.2% volatile
112 Georgia 1.4% 2014 down 40.4% volatile
113 Uruguay 1.3% 2016 down 84.5% falling
114 Latvia 1.2% 2018 up 2,516.8% rising
115 Spain 1.2% 2014 down 4.4% volatile
116 New Zealand 1.2% 2018 down 55.9% rising
117 Czechia 1.1% 2018 down 85.9% volatile
118 Qatar 1.1% 2019 down 73.9% falling
119 Poland 1.0% 2018 down 86.6% rising
120 France 0.8% 2018 down 5.6% volatile
121 Switzerland 0.7% 2018 down 50.8% volatile
122 Finland 0.6% 2017 down 50.5% volatile
123 Belgium 0.6% 2018 down 87.8% volatile
124 Austria 0.6% 2018 down 73.7% volatile
125 Iceland 0.5% 2017 down 78.1% volatile
126 Norway 0.4% 2017 down 74.6% volatile
127 Portugal 0.3% 2017 — volatile
128 Brunei Darussalam 0.3% 2011 — falling
129 Denmark 0.3% 2017 down 84.5% volatile
130 Lithuania 0.2% 2012 up 60.3% volatile
131 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2018 down 97.9% volatile
132 Argentina 0.1% 2016 down 97.4% volatile
133 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2019 down 98.5% falling
134 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2019 down 99.4% 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, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 2,994 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of males of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in lower secondary school expressed as a percentage of the male population of official lower secondary school age.