Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, middle quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
37
Highest
49.2%
Mali
Lowest
0.3%
Uruguay
Median
9.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
410
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, middle quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 49.2% in Mali; the lowest is 0.3% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.2%, and the mean is 14.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 164.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 276.9%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 95.3%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 49.2% | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 40.8% | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 3 | Benin | 40.8% | 2021 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 4 | Senegal | 40.0% | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 5 | Mozambique | 38.8% | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 6 | Zambia | 31.0% | 2023 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 7 | Guatemala | 28.5% | 2015 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 26.5% | 2022 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 9 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 24.5% | 2020 | up 276.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 22.3% | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 11 | Gambia | 21.5% | 2020 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 12 | Honduras | 21.2% | 2023 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 13 | Nigeria | 15.3% | 2021 | up 34.3% | falling |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 14.6% | 2019 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 14.5% | 2022 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 16 | Lesotho | 13.8% | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 13.6% | 2018 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 10.8% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 19 | Malawi | 9.2% | 2020 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 20 | El Salvador | 7.4% | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 21 | Mexico | 6.5% | 2022 | up 32.7% | falling |
| 22 | Ghana | 5.6% | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 23 | Nepal | 5.4% | 2022 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 24 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 4.3% | 2014 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 4.1% | 2024 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Colombia | 3.6% | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 27 | Ecuador | 2.9% | 2023 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 2.7% | 2023 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.2% | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 30 | Egypt | 2.1% | 2022 | down 77.8% | falling |
| 31 | Jordan | 2.1% | 2023 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 32 | Peru | 1.5% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 33 | Paraguay | 1.5% | 2024 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Chile | 0.7% | 2022 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Brazil | 0.6% | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 36 | Panama | 0.4% | 2023 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Uruguay | 0.3% | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release